Re: [rspec-users] I lost the RSpec fight

2007-09-22 Thread Robert Evans
> * I mentioned how Test::Unit development had stagnated, and they took a > different view of it: Test::Unit is "complete". It's done, it works, > it provides a base level of functionality that doesn't need any more > updating. That's quite troubling in my opinion for a developer(s) to say that

Re: [rspec-users] I lost the RSpec fight

2007-09-16 Thread court3nay
Test/spec + mocha On Sep 16, 2007, at 8:44 AM, "Pat Maddox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 9/16/07, Jay Levitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I've been working on a Rails project with one other developer; he was >> using Test::Unit, and I was using RSpec. That works OK for a >> while, but >> o

Re: [rspec-users] I lost the RSpec fight

2007-09-16 Thread Pat Maddox
On 9/16/07, Jay Levitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've been working on a Rails project with one other developer; he was > using Test::Unit, and I was using RSpec. That works OK for a while, but > obviously it starts causing pain when you have to check in two places to > see if a piece of code is

Re: [rspec-users] I lost the RSpec fight

2007-09-16 Thread Andrew WC Brown
You may have lost the fight, but you didn't lose the war. On 9/16/07, Andrew WC Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I honestly didn't understand what I was testing for when I was using TDD. > I can't imagine starting a project without using rspec. > Rspec reads much clearly and keeps me in scope.

Re: [rspec-users] I lost the RSpec fight

2007-09-16 Thread Andrew WC Brown
I honestly didn't understand what I was testing for when I was using TDD. I can't imagine starting a project without using rspec. Rspec reads much clearly and keeps me in scope. The same reason I can't imagine starting a project without ruby. Freedom is Slavery! On 9/16/07, David James <[EMAIL PR

Re: [rspec-users] I lost the RSpec fight

2007-09-16 Thread David James
In case it helps those who want to make it a little easier to try both at the same time (i.e. a bridge), ReinH has got a script that helps use autotest growl with both Test::Unit and RSpec: http://reinh.com/2007/9/12/the-autotest-rosetta-stone ___ rspec-u

Re: [rspec-users] I lost the RSpec fight

2007-09-16 Thread Jay Levitt
On 9/16/2007 10:18 AM, Kevin Williams wrote: > By all means, they should not ever try anything new. The people of > Earth should not have ever adopted the use of the electric light bulb > or the radio or the automobile or the airplane or the microwave or the > telephone or ... the Internet. No, don

Re: [rspec-users] I lost the RSpec fight

2007-09-16 Thread Wincent Colaiuta
El 16/9/2007, a las 15:38, Jay Levitt escribió: > * Test::Unit is ubiquitous. Everyone knows it. This is hard to > counter; it comes with Rails and is the default. Sorry to hear that you lost the fight. And that "better" doesn't always win. For me "better" beats "ubiquitous" any time. Ah wel

Re: [rspec-users] I lost the RSpec fight

2007-09-16 Thread Kevin Williams
By all means, they should not ever try anything new. The people of Earth should not have ever adopted the use of the electric light bulb or the radio or the automobile or the airplane or the microwave or the telephone or ... the Internet. No, don't adopt anything new, just stick to the old ways of

[rspec-users] I lost the RSpec fight

2007-09-16 Thread Jay Levitt
I've been working on a Rails project with one other developer; he was using Test::Unit, and I was using RSpec. That works OK for a while, but obviously it starts causing pain when you have to check in two places to see if a piece of code is properly tested/spec'd, you can't use TextMate shortc