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Re: [PhillyOnRails] rspec slides
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- From: "Evan Weaver" <evan@cloudbur.st>
- To: talk@phillyonrails.org
- Subject: Re: [PhillyOnRails] rspec slides
- Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 21:12:47 -0400
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I see now that the validates_ line is from the model, and that you are
advocating not writing this kind of test. :)
Anyway. Jay's post is still good.
Evan
On 9/13/07, Evan Weaver <evan@cloudbur.st> wrote:
> On 9/13/07, Cassius Rosenthal <cassius@xmodulation.com> wrote:
>
> > user.login.length.should be_close( 8, 4 )
>
> > validates_length_of :login, :within => 4..12
>
> Do you really write tests like this? I think Jay Levitt's post is
> applicable: http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/rspec-users/2007-September/002973.html
>
> My tests are always micro workflows (in Test::Unit or test/spec)
> rather than perfectly coupled unit tests. In both of these examples
> you are basically testing whether 8 + 4 = 12. Why not test some actual
> usernames of various edge lengths, instead?
>
> Evan
>
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> Evan Weaver
> Cloudburst, LLC
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