[rspec-devel] describe-it: what do we call our files?

[Chad Humphries]

Going forward (sorry if I missed this in another thread) will context
and specify still be supported as well?

-Chad

On 3/21/07, David Chelimsky <dchelimsky at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 3/21/07, aslak hellesoy <aslak.hellesoy at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On the 0.9-dev branch the context-specify pair has been largely
> > replaced by describe-it, thanks to a brilliant suggestion by Dan
> > North.
> >
> > I've been writing err TESTS ;-) in this format for a while now, and I
> > really dig it. It pushes me even further to think about behaviour,
> > because it *reads* much better than before:
> >
> > describe "Coffee for Aslak" do # Creates a new Spec::DSL::Behaviour
> >   it "should never have sugar" do # Creates a new Spec::DSL::Example
> >     ...
> >   end
> > end
> >
> > So far so good. My question to the list is:
> >
> > Assuming describe-it is the recommended way forward, how should we
> > name our files?
> > I'm leaning towards coffee_behaviour.rb.
>
> Great idea. I think we should support this, but in addition to *_spec,
> at least for the foreseeable future.
>
> >
> > Is this the end of specs and speccing/spec'ing and the start of
> > behaviours and examplifications?
>
> I like "example" over "specification" because "specification" has
> always carried some baggage with it. Example is a word that Brian
> Marick (http://www.exampler.com/) has been using for years, and I
> think it resonates with what we're trying to do here.
>
> I'm mostly there re: "behaviour" as the outer block, but there are
> some things about it that don't quite roll off the tongue correctly.
> For example, we don't setup a behaviour. In fact, we set up a context
> for a behaviour. It does work really well, however, when you think
> "describe Behaviour, it (should) Example".
>
> Other thoughts?
>
>
> >
> > (We'll support context-specify for a while still)
> >
> > WDYT?
> >
> > Aslak
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