David Chelimsky wrote:
On Sun, Feb 8, 2009 at 9:22 AM, Nick Hoffman <n...@deadorange.com> wrote:
On 07/02/2009, at 10:45 PM, David Chelimsky wrote:
On Sat, Feb 7, 2009 at 8:05 PM, Nick Hoffman <n...@deadorange.com> wrote:
On 07/02/2009, at 1:16 PM, David Chelimsky wrote:
On Sat, Feb 7, 2009 at 9:59 AM, Nick Hoffman <n...@deadorange.com>
wrote:
When writing Cucumber stories and features for controllers, should you
cover
every edge case? For example, should you write stories that feed bad or
missing data to your controllers, or should that be left to RSpec?
Depends on the team and who can read what and who cares about what.
In most cases, Cucumber is a significantly better
developer/stakeholder collaboration tool than RSpec is. If your
stakeholders trust you to cover the edge cases, then they don't need
to be in cucumber, but they certainly can be.
IASTDH,
David
Makes sense. Thanks for the clarification.
By the way, what on Earth is IASTDH? A few Google searches later, I'm
still
none the wiser.
I made it up. I was about to write HTH, but I was sure it did not
help, hence IASTDH - inconsistent though - IA for I am, but D for
didn't, so it should either be ISTDH or IASTDNH.
HTH,
David
Hah! Actually, it was helpful. I was wondering if there's a clear-cut rule
that people follow for dealing with edge cases, and you said "do what works
for your situation". While some people may not appreciate that answer, it's
"correct", and probably the best thing to do, because each team is
different.
I think I have a new slogan:
Silver Bullets Kill
WDYT?
I like it!
On a related note I recently came across a quote from Linving Zen[1]
that instantly made me think of "best practices". Just like a silver
bullet a "best practice" dogmatically stuck to can stifle innovation and
can cause unneeded pain. In the end context is king.. but enough of my
yammering, here is the quote:
"No one can define them or draw up a system around them. That is where
we should exercise our judgment....Use depends for each one of us on the
place and circumstances. If we were to codify the laws concerning it
they might soon become a great bondage for us."
Isn't that great!? So how about this for a motto:
Best Practices as laws lead to bondage.
FYI, I came across this quote on the Presentation Zen[2] site. If you
are going to be giving a presentation I highly recommend you check this
site out.
-Ben
1. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0802131360/
2.http://www.presentationzen.com/presentationzen/2005/09/whats_good_powe/comments/page/3/
-Nick
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