On 16 Jul 2012, at 02:28, Mike Glaz wrote: > Describe, context, feature, scenario: what is the difference between the > four and when do I use each one?
Feature and Scenario are Cucumber keywords and AFAIK have nothing to do with RSpec. #describe and #context are both aliases for the same method which creates a new (anonymous) subclass of RSpec::ExampleGroup. This is essentially the same thing as sublcassing Test::Unit::TestCase as you would in a bog standard test-unit test. So #describe and #context do the same thing. I tend to use #describe on the top level (what is the thing I'm describing in this spec), then use #context inside that to explain the different hoops I'm making that thing jump through in my examples. cheers, Matt -- Freelance programmer & coach Author, http://pragprog.com/book/hwcuc/the-cucumber-book Founder, http://www.relishapp.com/ Twitter, https://twitter.com/mattwynne
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