Re: [rspec-users] Application-wide spec_helper method

2008-08-29 Thread Scott Taylor
On Aug 29, 2008, at 10:40 PM, Nick Hoffman wrote: On 2008-08-28, at 13:27, Zach Dennis wrote: You can put it in a module and include it for model specs in spec_helper.rb Spec::Runner.configure do |config| # ... config.include DescribeModelAttributeSpecHelper, :type => :model end Zach Hi

Re: [rspec-users] RSpec Book(s) on the radar

2008-08-29 Thread John Wells
On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 7:12 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > +1! +1 here too...please pressure these mysterious lurking powers that be to publish a beta ;-) ___ rspec-users mailing list rspec-users@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/r

Re: [rspec-users] Application-wide spec_helper method

2008-08-29 Thread Nick Hoffman
On 2008-08-28, at 13:27, Zach Dennis wrote: You can put it in a module and include it for model specs in spec_helper.rb Spec::Runner.configure do |config| # ... config.include DescribeModelAttributeSpecHelper, :type => :model end Zach Hi Zach. I put the methods into the module "ModelSpecc

Re: [rspec-users] I want RSpec for CSS layout.

2008-08-29 Thread Scott Taylor
On Aug 29, 2008, at 2:39 PM, Dan North wrote: ooh, that would be lovely. LayoutBehave anyone? Well, I don't see why there couldn't be one, assuming there was a CSS parser out there. I've started a treetop CSS2 parser, but just don't have the time to devote to it. Anyone interested?

Re: [rspec-users] Cucumber and multi-line steps

2008-08-29 Thread David Chelimsky
On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 6:22 PM, Ben Mabey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > Where can we add tickets for Cucumber? While trying to migrate a > current project I ran into a snag.. specially that cucumber does not > support multi-line steps like the edge rspec story runner (which makes > sense

Re: [rspec-users] RSpec Book(s) on the radar

2008-08-29 Thread matt
+1! Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -Original Message- From: "Rick DeNatale" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:57:37 To: rspec-users Subject: Re: [rspec-users] RSpec Book(s) on the radar ___ rspec-users mailing list rspe

[rspec-users] Cucumber and multi-line steps

2008-08-29 Thread Ben Mabey
Hi all, Where can we add tickets for Cucumber? While trying to migrate a current project I ran into a snag.. specially that cucumber does not support multi-line steps like the edge rspec story runner (which makes sense since this was such a new feature to the story runner.) Anyways, I don't have

Re: [rspec-users] RSpec Book(s) on the radar

2008-08-29 Thread David Chelimsky
On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 5:57 PM, Rick DeNatale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 3:14 PM, Anthony Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> If this has any sway at all... I've bought every (ruby/rails) beta book >> from >> pragprog and manning and nearly always followed it up with a

Re: [rspec-users] RSpec Book(s) on the radar

2008-08-29 Thread Rick DeNatale
On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 3:14 PM, Anthony Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If this has any sway at all... I've bought every (ruby/rails) beta book > from > pragprog and manning and nearly always followed it up with a hard copy on > publication. > > I'd like to see a beta please, please, please

Re: [rspec-users] uploads with webrat in stories

2008-08-29 Thread Jonathan Linowes
On Aug 29, 2008, at 1:58 PM, Christopher Bailey wrote: I too would suggest trying attaches_file. I use it in a few different stories I have, and it works fine for me. I don't believe I'm doing anything nonstandard. Here's the basics of what yep, works for me :) thx__

Re: [rspec-users] RSpec Book(s) on the radar

2008-08-29 Thread Anthony Green
If this has any sway at all... I've bought every (ruby/rails) beta book from pragprog and manning and nearly always followed it up with a hard copy on publication. I'd like to see a beta please, please, please Tony On 29/08/2008 16:02, "David Chelimsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It's def

Re: [rspec-users] BDDish rspecish question

2008-08-29 Thread Dan North
This is one of the tiny-but-amazing details that makes me excited about cucumber. (That's one of those sentences you don't want blogged... "No, I meant cucumber the *framework*") Aslak has done some really cool stuff here - I don't think we've started to realise the power of combining tables and G

Re: [rspec-users] uploads with webrat in stories

2008-08-29 Thread Joseph Wilk
When Webrat matches 'Exception caught' on the get/post response body it tries to save the response body down as a html file and then invokes opening it in a browser (I believe the opening only works on OS X though I've never tested it in another os). This is a very useful feature unless you get

Re: [rspec-users] BDDish rspecish question

2008-08-29 Thread Bart Zonneveld
On 29 aug 2008, at 21:06, David Chelimsky wrote: On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 1:37 PM, Bart Zonneveld <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: Hey list, This is a kinda quirky It's only quirky-ish. That made me laugh out loud :). question for this list, but I do think it belongs here. I'm currently writi

Re: [rspec-users] BDDish rspecish question

2008-08-29 Thread David Chelimsky
On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 1:37 PM, Bart Zonneveld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey list, > > This is a kinda quirky It's only quirky-ish. > question for this list, but I do think it belongs > here. I'm currently writing an app with users with different roles. Roles > are sequentially so to speak, s

Re: [rspec-users] I want RSpec for CSS layout.

2008-08-29 Thread Dan North
ooh, that would be lovely. LayoutBehave anyone? 2008/8/20 Matt Wynne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > +1 > > cheers, > Matt > > http://blog.mattwynne.net > http://songkick.com > > In case you wondered: The opinions expressed in this email are my own and > do not necessarily reflect the views of any f

Re: [rspec-users] uploads with webrat in stories

2008-08-29 Thread Jonathan Linowes
On Aug 29, 2008, at 1:19 PM, Jonathan Linowes wrote: i am trying that too, but at this point in my story i dont actually have the current record object to generate the form action path. How would i extract the :action = path from the in the current response.body ? got it #assuming on

[rspec-users] BDDish rspecish question

2008-08-29 Thread Bart Zonneveld
Hey list, This is a kinda quirky question for this list, but I do think it belongs here. I'm currently writing an app with users with different roles. Roles are sequentially so to speak, so role 2 can do everything role 1 can, and so on. If I truly test my whole app, I should test all behav

Re: [rspec-users] story vs feature (was Documentation for Plain-Text Stories)

2008-08-29 Thread Dan North
At the risk of being a bit controversial... 2008/8/24 David Chelimsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [...] > Sadly, "spec" has just as much baggage, if not more, as "test" does. > These days we're calling these things "code examples," (tongue > pressing into cheek) so maybe we should change the name to > rc

Re: [rspec-users] uploads with webrat in stories

2008-08-29 Thread Christopher Bailey
I too would suggest trying attaches_file. I use it in a few different stories I have, and it works fine for me. I don't believe I'm doing anything nonstandard. Here's the basics of what one of mine looks like (stripped out some fills_in's, etc. to declutter the example): When "create a new hot

Re: [rspec-users] Documentation for Plain-Text Stories

2008-08-29 Thread Dan North
As the author of the original scenario runner, if Aslak has come up with a nicer implementation - both in terms of design and hackability - then I say chuck my one out and use his :) As long as it is an easy adjustment (i.e. transparent or with an easy migration) for users of the current scenario

Re: [rspec-users] uploads with webrat in stories

2008-08-29 Thread Jonathan Linowes
On Aug 29, 2008, at 12:52 PM, Ben Mabey wrote: Jonathan Linowes wrote: I've read through the messages on this list, and have file upload specs working in my model and controller tests, using :file => ActionController::TestUploadedFile.new(filepath) But its not working in stories using webrat.

Re: [rspec-users] uploads with webrat in stories

2008-08-29 Thread Ben Mabey
Jonathan Linowes wrote: > I've read through the messages on this list, and have file upload > specs working in my model and controller tests, using :file => > ActionController::TestUploadedFile.new(filepath) > > But its not working in stories using webrat. I've tried > > fills_in "foo[file]", :

[rspec-users] uploads with webrat in stories

2008-08-29 Thread Jonathan Linowes
I've read through the messages on this list, and have file upload specs working in my model and controller tests, using :file => ActionController::TestUploadedFile.new(filepath) But its not working in stories using webrat. I've tried fills_in "foo[file]", :with => filepath and fills

Re: [rspec-users] How much test data to use in specs

2008-08-29 Thread Nick Hoffman
On 2008-08-29, at 11:05, David Chelimsky wrote: On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 9:03 AM, Nick Hoffman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 2008-08-29, at 04:51, Joseph Wilk wrote: I started using a set of methods to deal with this problem from code in the RadiantCMS(http://radiantcms.org/) project. http

Re: [rspec-users] How much test data to use in specs

2008-08-29 Thread David Chelimsky
On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 9:03 AM, Nick Hoffman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2008-08-29, at 04:51, Joseph Wilk wrote: >> >> I started using a set of methods to deal with this problem from code in >> the RadiantCMS(http://radiantcms.org/) project. >> >> http://gist.github.com/7936 >> >> I stopped u

Re: [rspec-users] RSpec Book(s) on the radar

2008-08-29 Thread David Chelimsky
It's definitely happening. We've enlisted a few additional contributors and the wheels are spinning faster now. As for the beta book, I don't know if there will be on at this point. We may go straight to print. Either way, I'll update as I know more and I'll start blogging about progress shortly.

Re: [rspec-users] RSpec Book(s) on the radar

2008-08-29 Thread Jack Sprat
David Chelimsky wrote: > On Jan 2, 2008 8:05 PM, Bart Zonneveld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Curious, are the Stories going to be part of the rspec book? > > Yep. > >> Eagerly waiting on that one... > > Us too! David...February has given way to September (almost) and stll no date or beta b

Re: [rspec-users] How to spec the existence of specs

2008-08-29 Thread Nick Hoffman
On 2008-08-29, at 05:06, Joseph Wilk wrote: Each method generates specs depending on its arguments How does each method generate the specs? * Using script/generate rspec... or * File handling and writing your own? -- Joseph Wilk http://www.joesniff.co.uk Hi again Joseph. Each method generate

Re: [rspec-users] How much test data to use in specs

2008-08-29 Thread Nick Hoffman
On 2008-08-29, at 04:51, Joseph Wilk wrote: I started using a set of methods to deal with this problem from code in the RadiantCMS(http://radiantcms.org/) project. http://gist.github.com/7936 I stopped using it after a while finding the tests did not read well. Your method improves on Radiant

Re: [rspec-users] How to spec the existence of specs

2008-08-29 Thread Joseph Wilk
>Each method generates specs depending on its arguments How does each method generate the specs? * Using script/generate rspec... or * File handling and writing your own? -- Joseph Wilk http://www.joesniff.co.uk Nick Hoffman wrote: > I'm writing a Rails plugin that generates specs for Rails mode

Re: [rspec-users] How much test data to use in specs

2008-08-29 Thread Joseph Wilk
I started using a set of methods to deal with this problem from code in the RadiantCMS(http://radiantcms.org/) project. http://gist.github.com/7936 I stopped using it after a while finding the tests did not read well. Your method improves on Radiant's which has tempted me to start testing mode