From jed.hurt at gmail.com  Sat Mar  1 00:10:54 2008
From: jed.hurt at gmail.com (Jed Hurt)
Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 22:10:54 -0700
Subject: [rspec-users] Quiet Backtrace in RSpec
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Ahh, I see. Cool, cool :)

On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 2:52 PM, David Chelimsky <dchelimsky at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 1:08 PM, Jed Hurt <jed.hurt at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 6:21 AM, David Chelimsky <dchelimsky at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 12:52 AM, Jed Hurt <jed.hurt at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > Ahh, I see. Is Spec::Runner::QuietBacktraceTweaker configurable for
> more
> > > > quietness?
> > >
> > > Nope.
> >
> > Haha. Is that a terse form of PDI?
>
> Not intentional. I think I was responding on my phone, which makes
> everything more terse.
>
> Cheers,
> David
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From bryansray at gmail.com  Sat Mar  1 01:15:34 2008
From: bryansray at gmail.com (Bryan Ray)
Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2008 00:15:34 -0600
Subject: [rspec-users] how do i get color with autotest on XP?
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A colleague of mine says he got his working, but I have yet to see it. I
will ask him on Monday and report back with what I find.

On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 9:15 PM, Spencer Roan <lists at ruby-forum.com> wrote:

> @Luis Lavena
> ok, thank you! i'll stop beating my head against it then and keep an eye
> out on the updates of win32console.
> spencer
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From gilesb at gmail.com  Sat Mar  1 12:37:19 2008
From: gilesb at gmail.com (Giles Bowkett)
Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2008 09:37:19 -0800
Subject: [rspec-users] rspec with continuations: very strange
Message-ID: <2d81dedb0803010937m797765aeqfb6f3a8bd7e0a9e0@mail.gmail.com>

I appear to have written code which travels backwards through time:

http://www.vimeo.com/742590

This disturbs me immensely. If anyone can explain it, that would be cool.

I think it's an illusion brought about by how RSpec wraps the code it
executes, and by the sheer weirdness of continuations.

-- 
Giles Bowkett

Blog: http://gilesbowkett.blogspot.com
Portfolio: http://www.gilesgoatboy.org
Tumblelog: http://giles.tumblr.com
Podcast: http://hollywoodgrit.blogspot.com

From omen.king at gmail.com  Sat Mar  1 12:55:11 2008
From: omen.king at gmail.com (Andrew WC Brown)
Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2008 12:55:11 -0500
Subject: [rspec-users] rspec with continuations: very strange
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Wow, thats reminds of when micheal jay fox flew back in time and he almost
broke his specs by going out with his mom."should_not be_nil" LawL



Couldn't you

On Sat, Mar 1, 2008 at 12:37 PM, Giles Bowkett <gilesb at gmail.com> wrote:

> I appear to have written code which travels backwards through time:
>
> http://www.vimeo.com/742590
>
> This disturbs me immensely. If anyone can explain it, that would be cool.
>
> I think it's an illusion brought about by how RSpec wraps the code it
> executes, and by the sheer weirdness of continuations.
>
> --
> Giles Bowkett
>
> Blog: http://gilesbowkett.blogspot.com
> Portfolio: http://www.gilesgoatboy.org
> Tumblelog: http://giles.tumblr.com
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From dchelimsky at gmail.com  Sat Mar  1 12:59:46 2008
From: dchelimsky at gmail.com (David Chelimsky)
Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2008 11:59:46 -0600
Subject: [rspec-users] rspec with continuations: very strange
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On Sat, Mar 1, 2008 at 11:37 AM, Giles Bowkett <gilesb at gmail.com> wrote:
> I appear to have written code which travels backwards through time:
>
>  http://www.vimeo.com/742590
>
>  This disturbs me immensely. If anyone can explain it, that would be cool.
>
>  I think it's an illusion brought about by how RSpec wraps the code it
>  executes, and by the sheer weirdness of continuations.

This has absolutely nothing to do with RSpec. Do the same thing in
test/unit and you'll find the same result
(http://pastie.caboo.se/159803)

Continuations ARE time machines. So when you called the continuation
again, it does in fact go back to where it exited the loop (from the
interrupt).

Now I haven't looked to see why the second time "through time" it's
not working, but it actually makes perfect sense that it goes back in
time.

FWIW,
David

>
>  --
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>
>  Blog: http://gilesbowkett.blogspot.com
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From srogers1 at gmail.com  Sat Mar  1 13:04:33 2008
From: srogers1 at gmail.com (Steven Rogers)
Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2008 12:04:33 -0600
Subject: [rspec-users] rspec with continuations: very strange
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On Mar 1, 2008, at 11:55 AM, Andrew WC Brown wrote:

> Wow, thats reminds of when micheal jay fox flew back in time and he  
> almost broke his specs by going out with his mom.
> "should_not be_nil" LawL

set whiny_exceeding_lightspeed => true

SR


From rick.denatale at gmail.com  Sat Mar  1 15:53:03 2008
From: rick.denatale at gmail.com (Rick DeNatale)
Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2008 15:53:03 -0500
Subject: [rspec-users] rspec with continuations: very strange
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On 3/1/08, David Chelimsky <dchelimsky at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 1, 2008 at 11:37 AM, Giles Bowkett <gilesb at gmail.com> wrote:
>  > I appear to have written code which travels backwards through time:
>  >
>  >  http://www.vimeo.com/742590
>  >
>  >  This disturbs me immensely. If anyone can explain it, that would be cool.
>  >
>  >  I think it's an illusion brought about by how RSpec wraps the code it
>  >  executes, and by the sheer weirdness of continuations.
>
>
> This has absolutely nothing to do with RSpec. Do the same thing in
>  test/unit and you'll find the same result
>  (http://pastie.caboo.se/159803)
>
>  Continuations ARE time machines. So when you called the continuation
>  again, it does in fact go back to where it exited the loop (from the
>  interrupt).
>
>  Now I haven't looked to see why the second time "through time" it's
>  not working, but it actually makes perfect sense that it goes back in
>  time.

I can't read all of the code, but it appears that the up_to method in
ContinuationLooper looks like this:

 1:  def up_to(interrupt)
 2:     accumulator = ""
 3:    continuation = nil
 4:    for i in 1..100 do
 5:      accumulator += "Value of i: #{i}<br/>\n"
 6:             callcc {|continuation| return accumulator,
continuation} if i == interrupt
 7:             accumulator
 8:       end
 9: end

Ok now in the test we have:

10: it "resumes its continuation, returning a string" do
11:   accumulator, continuation = ContinuationLooper.up_to(50)
12:   continuation.class.should == Continuation
13:   puts accumulator
14:   puts continuation.call

Now, when we first encounter line 11, we get to the point in the loop
in the ContinuationLooper.up_to method where i == 50
and invoke callcc.  This evaluates it's block argument which returns
the accumulator and the continuation, returning them to line 12.
So continuation here is a Continuation and the expectation is met.

Now, we go on, and when we get to line 14, the continuation gets
called, which puts us back at line 7 inside the loop, which continues
until i gets to 100.

The callcc doesn't get invoked again because i is now always > interrupt.

Then the method returns the last expression in the loop which is simply:

     accumulator

which is what gets returned as the value of the call in line 11 (i.e.
the second time we've gotten there), and substituting the return
value, the effect is as if line 11 were:

     accumulator, continuation = "Value of i: (1)<br/>\n...Value of i:
(100)<br/>\n"

Which because of the way Ruby parallel assignment works when there are
not enough RHS values to go around sets the local continuation to nil.

No mystery here at all.
--
Rick DeNatale

My blog on Ruby
http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/

From mhennemeyer at googlemail.com  Sun Mar  2 06:37:36 2008
From: mhennemeyer at googlemail.com (Matthias Hennemeyer)
Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2008 12:37:36 +0100
Subject: [rspec-users] rspec with continuations: very strange
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Hey Giles,

i think that the problem is not that continuations are weird, but  
that computerscientists are not very creative at inventing helpful  
names.
So i would call it a frozen_computation_state or frozen_environment  
because that is what a continuation object represents.
  And the call-with-current-continuation (callcc) really makes no  
exception when a part of the environment is dedicated to rspec.
  When you send 'call' to the continuation object, the environment  
will be set to  the state that is represented by the continuation  
object - the variable with the name continuation points to nil and  
the next step in evaluation is line 13 in your spec file.

Matthias Hennemeyer




Am 01.03.2008 um 18:37 schrieb Giles Bowkett:

> I appear to have written code which travels backwards through time:
>
> http://www.vimeo.com/742590
>
> This disturbs me immensely. If anyone can explain it, that would be  
> cool.
>
> I think it's an illusion brought about by how RSpec wraps the code it
> executes, and by the sheer weirdness of continuations.
>
> -- 
> Giles Bowkett
>
> Blog: http://gilesbowkett.blogspot.com
> Portfolio: http://www.gilesgoatboy.org
> Tumblelog: http://giles.tumblr.com
> Podcast: http://hollywoodgrit.blogspot.com
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From dbitsolutions at gmail.com  Sun Mar  2 20:34:59 2008
From: dbitsolutions at gmail.com (David Beckwith)
Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2008 17:34:59 -0800
Subject: [rspec-users] outside-in = integration tests on views?
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Hi,

1. What is :steps_for for?

2. Is the GWT form of tests meant to replace it "should . . . .  ." style of
tests?  I heard that GWT are written for your customer to represent a set of
acceptance criteria, and it-should tests are more for programmers.  Is that
how we should think about the difference these two kinds of tests?  Or are
they really the same thing?

BTW, Are the PeepCode rSpec tutorials worth buying?

Thanks,
David :)
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From ben at benmabey.com  Sun Mar  2 21:49:29 2008
From: ben at benmabey.com (Ben Mabey)
Date: Sun, 02 Mar 2008 19:49:29 -0700
Subject: [rspec-users] outside-in = integration tests on views?
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>
>
> BTW, Are the PeepCode rSpec tutorials worth buying?
>

They are a steal.  I watched them after I had already been using rSpec 
for a couple months and I still learned a lot and felt like they were a 
great investment. I haven't watched the Story one yet but the general 
rspec ones were great.

-Ben

From lists at ruby-forum.com  Sun Mar  2 22:38:34 2008
From: lists at ruby-forum.com (Namrata Tiwari)
Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2008 04:38:34 +0100
Subject: [rspec-users] rspec controller action list
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Bryan Ray wrote:
> It has to do with your "find_city" method. You spec is expecting it to 
> be
> called from controller, hence:
> 
> controller.should_receive(:find_city)
> 
> Where is that method and why isn't it being called should be your next
> questions based on the code and spec you've pasted.
> 

The method find_city is in application controller. I think the method 
'find_city' is being called but its expecting some args.

Thanks,
Namrata.
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Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

From mhennemeyer at googlemail.com  Mon Mar  3 04:46:58 2008
From: mhennemeyer at googlemail.com (Matthias Hennemeyer)
Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2008 10:46:58 +0100
Subject: [rspec-users] rspec controller action list
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Am 03.03.2008 um 04:38 schrieb Namrata Tiwari:

> The method find_city is in application controller. I think the method
> 'find_city' is being called but its expecting some args.
>
The message:

Mock 'ArticlesController' expected :find_city with (any args) once, but
received
  it 0 times

means that the method find_city was *not*  called.

If the original method expects args or not doesn't matter.
Because should_receive works as both an expectation and a stub, the  
original method will not be called and no ArgumentError will be raised.

> Thanks,
> Namrata.
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From rob.holland at gmail.com  Mon Mar  3 05:02:01 2008
From: rob.holland at gmail.com (Rob Holland)
Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2008 10:02:01 +0000
Subject: [rspec-users] outside-in = integration tests on views?
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> BTW, Are the PeepCode rSpec tutorials worth buying?

Anything from PeepCode is worth buying imho, but the specifically, the
three rspec ones I have watched have been excellent.

From lists at ruby-forum.com  Mon Mar  3 06:04:43 2008
From: lists at ruby-forum.com (Namrata Tiwari)
Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2008 12:04:43 +0100
Subject: [rspec-users] rspec controller action list
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Matthias Hennemeyer wrote:
> Am 03.03.2008 um 04:38 schrieb Namrata Tiwari:
> 
>> The method find_city is in application controller. I think the method
>> 'find_city' is being called but its expecting some args.
>>
> The message:
> 
> Mock 'ArticlesController' expected :find_city with (any args) once, but
> received
>   it 0 times
> 
> means that the method find_city was *not*  called.
> 
> If the original method expects args or not doesn't matter.
> Because should_receive works as both an expectation and a stub, the
> original method will not be called and no ArgumentError will be raised.

Okaayyy!
Then can you also please say why its not calling this :find_city method?

Thx,
Namrata.
-- 
Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

From dchelimsky at gmail.com  Mon Mar  3 06:15:38 2008
From: dchelimsky at gmail.com (David Chelimsky)
Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2008 05:15:38 -0600
Subject: [rspec-users] rspec controller action list
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On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 5:04 AM, Namrata Tiwari <lists at ruby-forum.com> wrote:
> Matthias Hennemeyer wrote:
>  > Am 03.03.2008 um 04:38 schrieb Namrata Tiwari:
>  >
>  >> The method find_city is in application controller. I think the method
>  >> 'find_city' is being called but its expecting some args.
>  >>
>  > The message:
>  >
>  > Mock 'ArticlesController' expected :find_city with (any args) once, but
>  > received
>  >   it 0 times
>  >
>  > means that the method find_city was *not*  called.
>  >
>  > If the original method expects args or not doesn't matter.
>  > Because should_receive works as both an expectation and a stub, the
>  > original method will not be called and no ArgumentError will be raised.
>
>  Okaayyy!
>  Then can you also please say why its not calling this :find_city method?

If the code is the same as it was in the first post in this thread,
it's because the action is taking place before setting the
expectations.

>
>  Thx,
>
>
> Namrata.
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From lists at ruby-forum.com  Mon Mar  3 06:22:45 2008
From: lists at ruby-forum.com (Namrata Tiwari)
Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2008 12:22:45 +0100
Subject: [rspec-users] rspec controller action list
In-Reply-To: <57c63afe0803030315g3f4ff229r497649dc9b7ac490@mail.gmail.com>
References: <36a1f08323bd82582ae8b5df7e4f4072@ruby-forum.com>
	<57c63afe0802280605o5f0be241r522961fd5e04c55a@mail.gmail.com>
	<1289886a79437bf85fc8ce94a55bc4ce@ruby-forum.com>
	<29a0119e0802290552i44369de8u5d6f77728115d184@mail.gmail.com>
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	<57c63afe0803030315g3f4ff229r497649dc9b7ac490@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <7317f1371334b517a72ad383e8425fed@ruby-forum.com>


> 
> If the code is the same as it was in the first post in this thread,
> it's because the action is taking place before setting the
> expectations.

Yes, it is the same. As you have suggested earlier.
I am pasting the spec again.

#list
  it "should list all articles" do
    articles = mock("articles")
    articles.should_receive(:paginate).with(:order => "live_on DESC", 
:conditions => { :type_for => "blog" })
    controller.should_receive(:find_city).and_return(articles)
    response.should be_success
    get :list

  end

Thx,
Namrata.
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From dchelimsky at gmail.com  Mon Mar  3 06:32:32 2008
From: dchelimsky at gmail.com (David Chelimsky)
Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2008 05:32:32 -0600
Subject: [rspec-users] rspec controller action list
In-Reply-To: <7317f1371334b517a72ad383e8425fed@ruby-forum.com>
References: <36a1f08323bd82582ae8b5df7e4f4072@ruby-forum.com>
	<57c63afe0802280605o5f0be241r522961fd5e04c55a@mail.gmail.com>
	<1289886a79437bf85fc8ce94a55bc4ce@ruby-forum.com>
	<29a0119e0802290552i44369de8u5d6f77728115d184@mail.gmail.com>
	<40a3a0f9880ab0dddaab44675cb0c637@ruby-forum.com>
	<70B93E65-D33C-430F-A3E7-7A8D50EA94A9@googlemail.com>
	<997cd6a508b3f825a5e1ab9c922f8a50@ruby-forum.com>
	<57c63afe0803030315g3f4ff229r497649dc9b7ac490@mail.gmail.com>
	<7317f1371334b517a72ad383e8425fed@ruby-forum.com>
Message-ID: <57c63afe0803030332y5ff467e7j7baa284813d0efb9@mail.gmail.com>

On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 5:22 AM, Namrata Tiwari <lists at ruby-forum.com> wrote:
>
>  >
>  > If the code is the same as it was in the first post in this thread,
>  > it's because the action is taking place before setting the
>  > expectations.
>
>  Yes, it is the same. As you have suggested earlier.
>  I am pasting the spec again.
>
>
>  #list
>   it "should list all articles" do
>     articles = mock("articles")
>     articles.should_receive(:paginate).with(:order => "live_on DESC",
>  :conditions => { :type_for => "blog" })
>     controller.should_receive(:find_city).and_return(articles)
>     response.should be_success
>     get :list
>
>   end

That is NOT the same :) In the initial post the first line was 'get
:list' - now that is the last line. So while you're at it, please post
the action again as well.

>
>
>
>  Thx,
>  Namrata.
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From abroad-crawford at within3.com  Mon Mar  3 12:08:25 2008
From: abroad-crawford at within3.com (Anthony Broad-Crawford)
Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2008 12:08:25 -0500
Subject: [rspec-users] Rspec and plugins
Message-ID: <BA6EC39E-CCEC-4442-85EC-55E8C27BB20E@within3.com>

I have a question regarding best practices around module and plugin  
testing for rails applications.  In our application we have created  
several plugins that extend ActiveRecord::Base with class methods,  
that when invoked in a model add behavior to that model.  For  
example ...

class SomeModel < ActiveRecord::Base

	adds_some_cool_behavior
	adds_another_wicked_sweet_behavior

end

My initial thoughts are that any model that add these behaviors  
"should" have this specified in their spec.  With that in mind, I was  
leaning towards creating a module that when included inside a model  
spec adds the necessary specifications to ensure the behavior is there  
and is executing as intended.  However, before proceeding too far I  
wanted to run it by the collective to hear your thoughts as I am sure  
this has been tackled by others in the community already (although  
google didn't yield anything noteworthy).

Thanks,
Anthony Broad-Crawford



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From mhennemeyer at googlemail.com  Mon Mar  3 12:52:43 2008
From: mhennemeyer at googlemail.com (Matthias Hennemeyer)
Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2008 18:52:43 +0100
Subject: [rspec-users] Rspec and plugins
In-Reply-To: <BA6EC39E-CCEC-4442-85EC-55E8C27BB20E@within3.com>
References: <BA6EC39E-CCEC-4442-85EC-55E8C27BB20E@within3.com>
Message-ID: <5720E0AE-7DA3-4F33-ACEB-DB6DB7873BB5@googlemail.com>

I would prefer two independent steps:

1) Specify (or test) the plugin so that you can trust that it works  
as intended.

2) Write a custom matcher (behave_in_a_cool_way) that lets you  
express that you want to have added some_cool_behavior to SomeModel:

describe SomeModel

it "should show some_cool_behavior"  do
   SomeModel.should behave_in_a_cool_way
end

end

This: http://stevetooke.karmatrading.co.uk/2007/8/10/simple-rails- 
association-matching-with-rspec
may be an example.

Matthias

Am 03.03.2008 um 18:08 schrieb Anthony Broad-Crawford:

> I have a question regarding best practices around module and plugin  
> testing for rails applications.  In our application we have created  
> several plugins that extend ActiveRecord::Base with class methods,  
> that when invoked in a model add behavior to that model.  For  
> example ...
>
> class SomeModel < ActiveRecord::Base
>
> 	adds_some_cool_behavior
> 	adds_another_wicked_sweet_behavior
>
> end
>
> My initial thoughts are that any model that add these behaviors  
> "should" have this specified in their spec.  With that in mind, I  
> was leaning towards creating a module that when included inside a  
> model spec adds the necessary specifications to ensure the behavior  
> is there and is executing as intended.  However, before proceeding  
> too far I wanted to run it by the collective to hear your thoughts  
> as I am sure this has been tackled by others in the community  
> already (although google didn't yield anything noteworthy).
>
> Thanks,
> Anthony Broad-Crawford
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
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From lists at ruby-forum.com  Mon Mar  3 18:17:53 2008
From: lists at ruby-forum.com (Mark Dodwell)
Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2008 00:17:53 +0100
Subject: [rspec-users] Testing Plugins + Lib Code
Message-ID: <546d58d7c0adaac217a4c2e783bd61ad@ruby-forum.com>

Hi,

I'm quite new to Rspec and I'm embarking on a new project. One thing I'm
really not sure about is how to test plugins and code in your 'lib/'
folder. Where would these specs actually live in the dir structure?

Should you test plugins by creating specs within the plugin's dir? Or by
adding a spec to the main '/specs' folder - and if so where?

Any info/best practice advice greatly appreciated.

~ Mark
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From oli.azevedo.barnes at gmail.com  Mon Mar  3 18:24:57 2008
From: oli.azevedo.barnes at gmail.com (Oliver Barnes)
Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2008 20:24:57 -0300
Subject: [rspec-users] stuck on testing validation
Message-ID: <6466d9040803031524x42f2583ajb4776880b4a21fd8@mail.gmail.com>

Hello,

I must be doing something dumb, but here it goes...

why does this work?

  before(:each) do
    @work = Work.new
  end

  #for testing validates_presence_of :title
  it "should require a title" do
    @work.title = nil
    @work.should_not be_valid
  end

while this doesn't:

  def valid_work_attributes
    {
      :title => "guernica",
      :description => "lorem ipsum lorem ipsum",
      :date => Date.today,
      :category => Category.new(:name => "belle epoque")
    }
  end

  before(:each) do
    @work = Work.new
  end

  it "should require a title" do
    @work.attributes = valid_work_attributes.except(:title)
    @work.should_not be_valid
  end

the latter example fails with "expected valid? to return false, got true" for

	@work.should_not be_valid

doesn't make sense to me, and I've been stuck for a while already :P

any help greatly appreciated, please bear with the newbie :)
Oliver

From pergesu at gmail.com  Mon Mar  3 19:46:28 2008
From: pergesu at gmail.com (Pat Maddox)
Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2008 16:46:28 -0800
Subject: [rspec-users] Testing Plugins + Lib Code
In-Reply-To: <546d58d7c0adaac217a4c2e783bd61ad@ruby-forum.com>
References: <546d58d7c0adaac217a4c2e783bd61ad@ruby-forum.com>
Message-ID: <810a540e0803031646l2ff666bcj28b1523e54e3d4d6@mail.gmail.com>

On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 3:17 PM, Mark Dodwell <lists at ruby-forum.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>  I'm quite new to Rspec and I'm embarking on a new project. One thing I'm
>  really not sure about is how to test plugins and code in your 'lib/'
>  folder. Where would these specs actually live in the dir structure?
>
>  Should you test plugins by creating specs within the plugin's dir? Or by
>  adding a spec to the main '/specs' folder - and if so where?
>
>  Any info/best practice advice greatly appreciated.
>
>  ~ Mark
>  --
>  Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
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>  rspec-users mailing list
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For stuff in lib, I create a spec/lib dir and put my specs in there.

For plugins, I use my nifty
http://evang.eli.st/blog/2007/4/4/rspec_plugin-generator

Pat

From abroad-crawford at within3.com  Mon Mar  3 22:42:36 2008
From: abroad-crawford at within3.com (Anthony Broad-Crawford)
Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2008 22:42:36 -0500
Subject: [rspec-users] Matchers tutorial ...
Message-ID: <16095B35-A25F-4BEA-A296-05349BED5016@within3.com>

I am looking for a good a - z matchers tutorial .  Anyone got a url  
for one?

Thanks

Anthony Broad-Crawford


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From dchelimsky at gmail.com  Mon Mar  3 22:46:47 2008
From: dchelimsky at gmail.com (David Chelimsky)
Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2008 21:46:47 -0600
Subject: [rspec-users] Matchers tutorial ...
In-Reply-To: <16095B35-A25F-4BEA-A296-05349BED5016@within3.com>
References: <16095B35-A25F-4BEA-A296-05349BED5016@within3.com>
Message-ID: <57c63afe0803031946i63e482cdvcb7c7b420a421d9e@mail.gmail.com>

On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 9:42 PM, Anthony Broad-Crawford
<abroad-crawford at within3.com> wrote:
> I am looking for a good a - z matchers tutorial .  Anyone got a url for one?

There are many. Here's mine:
http://blog.davidchelimsky.net/articles/2007/02/18/custom-expectation-matchers

>
> Thanks
>
>
> Anthony Broad-Crawford
>
>
>
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From abroad-crawford at within3.com  Mon Mar  3 22:49:11 2008
From: abroad-crawford at within3.com (Anthony Broad-Crawford)
Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2008 22:49:11 -0500
Subject: [rspec-users] Matchers tutorial ...
In-Reply-To: <57c63afe0803031946i63e482cdvcb7c7b420a421d9e@mail.gmail.com>
References: <16095B35-A25F-4BEA-A296-05349BED5016@within3.com>
	<57c63afe0803031946i63e482cdvcb7c7b420a421d9e@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <4143C646-7A2A-429D-B3A7-3E348FB1DFD8@within3.com>

thank you!

On Mar 3, 2008, at 10:46 PM, David Chelimsky wrote:

> On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 9:42 PM, Anthony Broad-Crawford
> <abroad-crawford at within3.com> wrote:
>> I am looking for a good a - z matchers tutorial .  Anyone got a url  
>> for one?
>
> There are many. Here's mine:
> http://blog.davidchelimsky.net/articles/2007/02/18/custom-expectation-matchers
>
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>>
>> Anthony Broad-Crawford
>>
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> rspec-users mailing list
>> rspec-users at rubyforge.org
>> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users
>>
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From lists at ruby-forum.com  Tue Mar  4 00:21:26 2008
From: lists at ruby-forum.com (Namrata Tiwari)
Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2008 06:21:26 +0100
Subject: [rspec-users] rspec controller action list
In-Reply-To: <57c63afe0803030332y5ff467e7j7baa284813d0efb9@mail.gmail.com>
References: <36a1f08323bd82582ae8b5df7e4f4072@ruby-forum.com>
	<57c63afe0802280605o5f0be241r522961fd5e04c55a@mail.gmail.com>
	<1289886a79437bf85fc8ce94a55bc4ce@ruby-forum.com>
	<29a0119e0802290552i44369de8u5d6f77728115d184@mail.gmail.com>
	<40a3a0f9880ab0dddaab44675cb0c637@ruby-forum.com>
	<70B93E65-D33C-430F-A3E7-7A8D50EA94A9@googlemail.com>
	<997cd6a508b3f825a5e1ab9c922f8a50@ruby-forum.com>
	<57c63afe0803030315g3f4ff229r497649dc9b7ac490@mail.gmail.com>
	<7317f1371334b517a72ad383e8425fed@ruby-forum.com>
	<57c63afe0803030332y5ff467e7j7baa284813d0efb9@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <fe36eb56800f7c321af159031ea9d99e@ruby-forum.com>

Here is the action -
def list
    @articles = find_city.articles.paginate :all,  :page => 
params[:page] , :order     => "live_on DESC", :conditions => { :type_for 
=> "blog" }
end

and the spec -

it "should list all articles 2" do
    articles = mock("articles")
    get :list

    controller.should_receive(:find_city).and_return(articles)
    controller.should_receive(:articles)

    articles.should_receive(:paginate).with(:order => "live_on DESC", 
:conditions => { :type_for => "blog" })
    response.should render_template('articles/list')
end


I am stubbing find_city and articles during set up

before_post do
   controller.stub!(:find_city)
   controller.stub!(:articles)
end

Is this right?
-- 
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From dchelimsky at gmail.com  Tue Mar  4 00:36:53 2008
From: dchelimsky at gmail.com (David Chelimsky)
Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2008 23:36:53 -0600
Subject: [rspec-users] rspec controller action list
In-Reply-To: <fe36eb56800f7c321af159031ea9d99e@ruby-forum.com>
References: <36a1f08323bd82582ae8b5df7e4f4072@ruby-forum.com>
	<1289886a79437bf85fc8ce94a55bc4ce@ruby-forum.com>
	<29a0119e0802290552i44369de8u5d6f77728115d184@mail.gmail.com>
	<40a3a0f9880ab0dddaab44675cb0c637@ruby-forum.com>
	<70B93E65-D33C-430F-A3E7-7A8D50EA94A9@googlemail.com>
	<997cd6a508b3f825a5e1ab9c922f8a50@ruby-forum.com>
	<57c63afe0803030315g3f4ff229r497649dc9b7ac490@mail.gmail.com>
	<7317f1371334b517a72ad383e8425fed@ruby-forum.com>
	<57c63afe0803030332y5ff467e7j7baa284813d0efb9@mail.gmail.com>
	<fe36eb56800f7c321af159031ea9d99e@ruby-forum.com>
Message-ID: <57c63afe0803032136p7d98c14pbc6f6a662c8e22c6@mail.gmail.com>

On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 11:21 PM, Namrata Tiwari <lists at ruby-forum.com> wrote:
> Here is the action -
>
> def list
>     @articles = find_city.articles.paginate :all,  :page =>
>  params[:page] , :order     => "live_on DESC", :conditions => { :type_for
>  => "blog" }
>  end
>
>  and the spec -
>
>  it "should list all articles 2" do
>     articles = mock("articles")
>     get :list

Whoa. A couple of posts ago you said the action (get :list) was the
last thing. Now it's not anymore. When dealing with mocks and stubs,
order is very important, which is why I asked you where the action
was. Message expectations (mocks) and stub values MUST be set before
the action.

>     controller.should_receive(:find_city).and_return(articles)

The implementation is find_city.articles, so find_city needs to return
something that owns articles.

>     controller.should_receive(:articles)

This one is just wrong - it's the return value of find_city that
should receive articles.

>     articles.should_receive(:paginate).with(:order => "live_on DESC",
>  :conditions => { :type_for => "blog" })

This one is right, but again, needs to happen before the action.

>
>     response.should render_template('articles/list')

This one is correct, and in the correct place (after the action).

>  end
>
>
>  I am stubbing find_city and articles during set up
>
>  before_post do
>    controller.stub!(:find_city)

Here find_city will not return anything, so it'll blow up on
find_city.articles ....

>    controller.stub!(:articles)
>  end
>
>  Is this right?

Here's what you want: http://pastie.caboo.se/161001

HTH,
David

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From george at benevolentcode.com  Tue Mar  4 00:41:52 2008
From: george at benevolentcode.com (George Anderson)
Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2008 00:41:52 -0500
Subject: [rspec-users] Pretty story output for non-Rails project
Message-ID: <782d66f30803032141o7d2d8ca1v56f24573a0eeb55d@mail.gmail.com>

I'm taking my first fledgling steps driving a new ruby (non-rails)
project with BDD.  I've got a (test) story working.  However, when I
run the story in TextMate (via command-r), the output is plain text.

See: http://skitch.com/georgeanderson/8grg/run-examples

How do I get the output to look pretty (formatted)?

rspec-1.1.3
OS X 10.5.2
TextMate v1.5.7 (1455)

Thanks,

/g

-- 

George Anderson

BenevolentCode LLC
O: (410) 461-7553
C: (410) 218-5185

george at benevolentcode.com

From dchelimsky at gmail.com  Tue Mar  4 01:19:29 2008
From: dchelimsky at gmail.com (David Chelimsky)
Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2008 00:19:29 -0600
Subject: [rspec-users] Pretty story output for non-Rails project
In-Reply-To: <782d66f30803032141o7d2d8ca1v56f24573a0eeb55d@mail.gmail.com>
References: <782d66f30803032141o7d2d8ca1v56f24573a0eeb55d@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <57c63afe0803032219q3f6f532dmce3f30caa2f320b0@mail.gmail.com>

On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 11:41 PM, George Anderson
<george at benevolentcode.com> wrote:
> I'm taking my first fledgling steps driving a new ruby (non-rails)
>  project with BDD.  I've got a (test) story working.  However, when I
>  run the story in TextMate (via command-r), the output is plain text.
>
>  See: http://skitch.com/georgeanderson/8grg/run-examples
>
>  How do I get the output to look pretty (formatted)?

There's no textmate formatter for stories yet. In the mean time, you
can do it on the command line with --format html and open the
resulting file in a browser.

Cheers,
David

>
>  rspec-1.1.3
>  OS X 10.5.2
>  TextMate v1.5.7 (1455)
>
>  Thanks,
>
>  /g
>
>  --
>
>  George Anderson
>
>  BenevolentCode LLC
>  O: (410) 461-7553
>  C: (410) 218-5185
>
>  george at benevolentcode.com
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From lists at ruby-forum.com  Tue Mar  4 01:42:38 2008
From: lists at ruby-forum.com (Namrata Tiwari)
Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2008 07:42:38 +0100
Subject: [rspec-users] rspec controller action list
In-Reply-To: <57c63afe0803032136p7d98c14pbc6f6a662c8e22c6@mail.gmail.com>
References: <36a1f08323bd82582ae8b5df7e4f4072@ruby-forum.com>
	<57c63afe0802280605o5f0be241r522961fd5e04c55a@mail.gmail.com>
	<1289886a79437bf85fc8ce94a55bc4ce@ruby-forum.com>
	<29a0119e0802290552i44369de8u5d6f77728115d184@mail.gmail.com>
	<40a3a0f9880ab0dddaab44675cb0c637@ruby-forum.com>
	<70B93E65-D33C-430F-A3E7-7A8D50EA94A9@googlemail.com>
	<997cd6a508b3f825a5e1ab9c922f8a50@ruby-forum.com>
	<57c63afe0803030315g3f4ff229r497649dc9b7ac490@mail.gmail.com>
	<7317f1371334b517a72ad383e8425fed@ruby-forum.com>
	<57c63afe0803030332y5ff467e7j7baa284813d0efb9@mail.gmail.com>
	<fe36eb56800f7c321af159031ea9d99e@ruby-forum.com>
	<57c63afe0803032136p7d98c14pbc6f6a662c8e22c6@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <e2b9e68c7b87879c80a9218856bdd14c@ruby-forum.com>

Followed your example! Still getting the following error -
Spec::Mocks::MockExpectationError in 'ArticlesController should list all 
article
s'
Mock 'ArticlesController' expected :find_city with (any args) once, but 
received
 it 0 times
spec/controllers/articles_controller_spec.rb:3:

Thanks,
Namrata

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From cwdinfo at gmail.com  Tue Mar  4 02:03:09 2008
From: cwdinfo at gmail.com (s.ross)
Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2008 23:03:09 -0800
Subject: [rspec-users] Pretty story output for non-Rails project
In-Reply-To: <57c63afe0803032219q3f6f532dmce3f30caa2f320b0@mail.gmail.com>
References: <782d66f30803032141o7d2d8ca1v56f24573a0eeb55d@mail.gmail.com>
	<57c63afe0803032219q3f6f532dmce3f30caa2f320b0@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <24E8AEAD-6829-49BF-9A47-337261DD0DCB@gmail.com>

On Mar 3, 2008, at 10:19 PM, David Chelimsky wrote:

> In the mean time, you
> can do it on the command line with --format html and open the
> resulting file in a browser.

Er... stories? How do you format story output as html?

From aslak.hellesoy at gmail.com  Tue Mar  4 02:45:41 2008
From: aslak.hellesoy at gmail.com (=?UTF-8?Q?Aslak_Helles=C3=B8y?=)
Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2008 08:45:41 +0100
Subject: [rspec-users] Pretty story output for non-Rails project
In-Reply-To: <24E8AEAD-6829-49BF-9A47-337261DD0DCB@gmail.com>
References: <782d66f30803032141o7d2d8ca1v56f24573a0eeb55d@mail.gmail.com>
	<57c63afe0803032219q3f6f532dmce3f30caa2f320b0@mail.gmail.com>
	<24E8AEAD-6829-49BF-9A47-337261DD0DCB@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <4AF92DB0-BAF9-41E6-904F-B51B129F8C88@gmail.com>

Like David said. Not working for you?

Aslak

On Mar 4, 2008, at 8:03, "s.ross" <cwdinfo at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mar 3, 2008, at 10:19 PM, David Chelimsky wrote:
>
>> In the mean time, you
>> can do it on the command line with --format html and open the
>> resulting file in a browser.
>
> Er... stories? How do you format story output as html?
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From lists at ruby-forum.com  Tue Mar  4 07:11:17 2008
From: lists at ruby-forum.com (Namrata Tiwari)
Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2008 13:11:17 +0100
Subject: [rspec-users] stuck on testing validation
In-Reply-To: <6466d9040803031524x42f2583ajb4776880b4a21fd8@mail.gmail.com>
References: <6466d9040803031524x42f2583ajb4776880b4a21fd8@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <b18fd9d8311464fa2b024583fb8a02db@ruby-forum.com>

Here is a very good example by Luke, which I think you should follow -

http://www.lukeredpath.co.uk/2006/8/29/developing-a-rails-model-using-bdd-and-rspec-part-1

fyi,
Namrata
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From mlangenberg at gmail.com  Tue Mar  4 08:13:26 2008
From: mlangenberg at gmail.com (Matthijs Langenberg)
Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2008 14:13:26 +0100
Subject: [rspec-users] What is your workflow? Or how to use the story runner
	the right way.
Message-ID: <27c0ac6d0803040513l7b4fba44nfb3b314aae1bdcc3@mail.gmail.com>

I really would like to know how people are using the Story and Example
runner to write their software.It would be great to get some direction on
it, because I think I'm missing some points.

Taking the outside-in approach in thought:

At first we write a high-level customer-facing story, this story fails.
Then we start using mocks at object level to use them as a design tool,
and so we implement the different layers of the system.
After implementing the inner layer, the story should pass.
When that happens we could remove the mocks and replace it with calls to the
real code, making the suite less brittle (except for calls to external
services/databases/file systems).

So if the story passes all acceptance tests, why is there a need for
examples at a lower level?
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From ed.howland at gmail.com  Tue Mar  4 08:18:01 2008
From: ed.howland at gmail.com (Ed Howland)
Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2008 07:18:01 -0600
Subject: [rspec-users] Pretty story output for non-Rails project
In-Reply-To: <57c63afe0803032219q3f6f532dmce3f30caa2f320b0@mail.gmail.com>
References: <782d66f30803032141o7d2d8ca1v56f24573a0eeb55d@mail.gmail.com>
	<57c63afe0803032219q3f6f532dmce3f30caa2f320b0@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <3df642dd0803040518q11bdba2fj1eac2a73f467669b@mail.gmail.com>

On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 12:19 AM, David Chelimsky <dchelimsky at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 11:41 PM, George Anderson
>  <george at benevolentcode.com> wrote:
>  > I'm taking my first fledgling steps driving a new ruby (non-rails)
>  >  project with BDD.  I've got a (test) story working.  However, when I
>  >  run the story in TextMate (via command-r), the output is plain text.
>  >
>  >  See: http://skitch.com/georgeanderson/8grg/run-examples
>  >
>  >  How do I get the output to look pretty (formatted)?
>
>  There's no textmate formatter for stories yet. In the mean time, you
>  can do it on the command line with --format html and open the
>  resulting file in a browser.
>
>  Cheers,
>  David
>

David,

Is this something in trunk? all.rb does not except any arguments, and
there is no argument to the run command for this. Also, the svn server
seems to be offline this morning.

Ed


>
>
>  >
>  >  rspec-1.1.3
>  >  OS X 10.5.2
>  >  TextMate v1.5.7 (1455)
>  >
>  >  Thanks,
>  >
>  >  /g
>  >
>  >  --
>  >
>  >  George Anderson
>  >
>  >  BenevolentCode LLC
>  >  O: (410) 461-7553
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From aslak.hellesoy at gmail.com  Tue Mar  4 08:24:15 2008
From: aslak.hellesoy at gmail.com (aslak hellesoy)
Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2008 14:24:15 +0100
Subject: [rspec-users] Pretty story output for non-Rails project
In-Reply-To: <3df642dd0803040518q11bdba2fj1eac2a73f467669b@mail.gmail.com>
References: <782d66f30803032141o7d2d8ca1v56f24573a0eeb55d@mail.gmail.com>
	<57c63afe0803032219q3f6f532dmce3f30caa2f320b0@mail.gmail.com>
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Message-ID: <8d961d900803040524k37da5bdw58000689a89b0cb0@mail.gmail.com>

On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 2:18 PM, Ed Howland <ed.howland at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 12:19 AM, David Chelimsky <dchelimsky at gmail.com> wrote:
>  > On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 11:41 PM, George Anderson
>  >  <george at benevolentcode.com> wrote:
>  >  > I'm taking my first fledgling steps driving a new ruby (non-rails)
>  >  >  project with BDD.  I've got a (test) story working.  However, when I
>  >  >  run the story in TextMate (via command-r), the output is plain text.
>  >  >
>  >  >  See: http://skitch.com/georgeanderson/8grg/run-examples
>  >  >
>  >  >  How do I get the output to look pretty (formatted)?
>  >
>  >  There's no textmate formatter for stories yet. In the mean time, you
>  >  can do it on the command line with --format html and open the
>  >  resulting file in a browser.
>  >
>  >  Cheers,
>  >  David
>  >
>
>  David,
>
>  Is this something in trunk? all.rb does not except any arguments, and
>  there is no argument to the run command for this. Also, the svn server
>  seems to be offline this morning.
>

This is in the latest release. Just pass --format html on the ocmmand
line. ARGS is read by one of the internal files in RSpec - not all.rb.
Try --help too.

Aslak

>
>  Ed
>
>
>  >
>  >
>  >  >
>  >  >  rspec-1.1.3
>  >  >  OS X 10.5.2
>  >  >  TextMate v1.5.7 (1455)
>  >  >
>  >  >  Thanks,
>  >  >
>  >  >  /g
>  >  >
>  >  >  --
>  >  >
>  >  >  George Anderson
>  >  >
>  >  >  BenevolentCode LLC
>  >  >  O: (410) 461-7553
>  >  >  C: (410) 218-5185
>  >  >
>  >  >  george at benevolentcode.com
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From chris at edendevelopment.co.uk  Tue Mar  4 08:43:09 2008
From: chris at edendevelopment.co.uk (Chris Parsons)
Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2008 13:43:09 +0000
Subject: [rspec-users] What is your workflow? Or how to use the story
	runner the right way.
In-Reply-To: <27c0ac6d0803040513l7b4fba44nfb3b314aae1bdcc3@mail.gmail.com>
References: <27c0ac6d0803040513l7b4fba44nfb3b314aae1bdcc3@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <FCCCCF8C-E70E-4A1E-B673-89942EB9EF8A@edendevelopment.co.uk>

On 4 Mar 2008, at 13:13, Matthijs Langenberg wrote:

> Taking the outside-in approach in thought:
>
> At first we write a high-level customer-facing story, this story  
> fails.
> Then we start using mocks at object level to use them as a design  
> tool,
> and so we implement the different layers of the system.
> After implementing the inner layer, the story should pass.
> When that happens we could remove the mocks and replace it with  
> calls to the real code, making the suite less brittle (except for  
> calls to external services/databases/file systems).

Don't use mocks at the story level. IMHO stories should always be  
using the full stack. This includes your database, but you might be  
permitted to exclude external services such as credit card billing  
systems. However, if you can set up a sandbox to test against (such as  
the Paypal sandbox), all to the good.

We proceed based on two principles:

A failure in a story means you change specs not code.
A failure in a spec means you change the code.

This is how we do it (assuming a rails application):

1. Write customer story, all steps are pending:

Scenario: Viewing the front page
   When I view the front page
   Then I see the text 'welcome to the app'

2. Write the first step in the story:

  When "I view the front page" do
     get "/"
end

This then fails, as I don't have a front page yet!

3. Pay attention to the error given by the story, and fix that *by  
writing a spec*.

In this case it'll be complaining that the controller doesn't exist.  
At this point I drop down to the specs as a failing story means we  
need a spec:

describe MainController do
end

4. Make your specs pass.

'rake spec' then fails, as MainController doesn't exist. In this case,  
I add a controller and a route (by hand, none of that scaffold  
business):

class MainController < ApplicationController
end

5. Run the story again if you need to, and use that as a guide to  
write more specs. Repeat steps 4 and 5.

To continue the example - in this case it'll probably complain about  
no index action:

describe MainController do
   it "should handle an index action" do
     get :index
   end
end

and then, to fix the spec:

class MainController < ApplicationController
   def index
   end
end

Then it'll most likely complain about not having an index.html.erb.  
Because controller specs don't render the page, you'll need an an  
index.html.erb_spec.rb to test the view properly. And so on.

Sound like a lot of work, but given practice you can zip through these  
steps very quickly. You also get a free 'focusing tool' (lose sight of  
where you are? just run the story test and write more specs).

Hope this is helpful. Maybe I should write up an extended example as a  
blog post, including mocking etc, as it seems to come up a lot.

Thanks
Chris

PS: Excuse the spelling/coding mistakes in the (untested) code :)  
Corrections and comments as to the methodology here most welcome.

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From dchelimsky at gmail.com  Tue Mar  4 09:13:50 2008
From: dchelimsky at gmail.com (David Chelimsky)
Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2008 08:13:50 -0600
Subject: [rspec-users] What is your workflow? Or how to use the story
	runner the right way.
In-Reply-To: <27c0ac6d0803040513l7b4fba44nfb3b314aae1bdcc3@mail.gmail.com>
References: <27c0ac6d0803040513l7b4fba44nfb3b314aae1bdcc3@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <57c63afe0803040613xa3e6fd8wdc4a4a227ec494bc@mail.gmail.com>

On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 7:13 AM, Matthijs Langenberg
<mlangenberg at gmail.com> wrote:
> I really would like to know how people are using the Story and Example
> runner to write their software.
> It would be great to get some direction on it, because I think I'm missing
> some points.
>
> Taking the outside-in approach in thought:
>
> At first we write a high-level customer-facing story, this story fails.
> Then we start using mocks at object level to use them as a design tool,
> and so we implement the different layers of the system.
> After implementing the inner layer, the story should pass.
> When that happens we could remove the mocks and replace it with calls to the
> real code,

I do this sometimes - removing the mocks - as long as the objects are
trivial to set up and they don't have dependencies that I don't want
to expose. There's no one way to do this, and I'll sometimes remove
mocks and reintroduce them over the life of a project.

> making the suite less brittle

What brittle means is a bit subjective here. Just a lengthy
conversation about this in irc last night. The guy with whom I was
chatting prefers to not use mocks because he'd rather see a change
cause a bunch of lower level examples to fail than stories. From what
I can tell, he doesn't like to use mocks even temporarily, in process.

His approach has the benefit that you learn about side effects of your
changes faster, and the cost that it means you sometimes have more
"red bar" to wade through while you get things right.

My approach has the benefit that you can address side effects of your
changes with a green bar helping you know that the smaller bits
(objects and methods) are functioning, and the cost that you sometimes
don't learn about side effects until you run your stories (or
integration suite).

Neither solution is perfect. You just have to pick your poison.

> (except for calls to external
> services/databases/file systems).

This is a funny thing about ruby, specifically rails.

One of the hallmarks of OO is a high level of decoupling - especially
decoupling your code from 3rd party code through adapters. There are a
couple of reasons for this.

One is that having an adapter lets you write exactly the code that you
want to write throughout most of your system, rather than being
subject to the naming conventions of the 3rd party library that might
clash with those in your system or even with your domain.

The other is that if you decide to switch to a different library,
you're pretty well hosed unless you have adapters. If you look at the
competitors to ActiveRecord, like Og and Datamapper, they are all VERY
similar syntactically. Why? Two reasons I think. One is that AR got a
lot of things right from a domain perspective. The other is that calls
to AR internals have leaked out to a lot of controllers and even
views:

Person.find(:all, :conditions => ['active = ?', true])

In spite of guidelines all over the web that say that this should be
wrapped in a #find_active method in the model, these sorts of things
pop up all over the place anyhow.

> So if the story passes all acceptance tests, why is there a need for
> examples at a lower level?

So that you can get things working one step at a time, and then change
things as needed one step at a time, with green bars keeping you sane,
stress free, and even happy all the way through.

HTH,
David

From dchelimsky at gmail.com  Tue Mar  4 09:17:30 2008
From: dchelimsky at gmail.com (David Chelimsky)
Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2008 08:17:30 -0600
Subject: [rspec-users] What is your workflow? Or how to use the story
	runner the right way.
In-Reply-To: <57c63afe0803040613xa3e6fd8wdc4a4a227ec494bc@mail.gmail.com>
References: <27c0ac6d0803040513l7b4fba44nfb3b314aae1bdcc3@mail.gmail.com>
	<57c63afe0803040613xa3e6fd8wdc4a4a227ec494bc@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <57c63afe0803040617h9ce5f15sa991f7337a2b8133@mail.gmail.com>

On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 8:13 AM, David Chelimsky <dchelimsky at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 7:13 AM, Matthijs Langenberg
>  <mlangenberg at gmail.com> wrote:
>  > I really would like to know how people are using the Story and Example
>  > runner to write their software.
>  > It would be great to get some direction on it, because I think I'm missing
>  > some points.
>  >
>  > Taking the outside-in approach in thought:
>  >
>  > At first we write a high-level customer-facing story, this story fails.
>  > Then we start using mocks at object level to use them as a design tool,
>  > and so we implement the different layers of the system.
>  > After implementing the inner layer, the story should pass.
>  > When that happens we could remove the mocks and replace it with calls to the
>  > real code,
>
>  I do this sometimes - removing the mocks - as long as the objects are
>  trivial to set up and they don't have dependencies that I don't want
>  to expose. There's no one way to do this, and I'll sometimes remove
>  mocks and reintroduce them over the life of a project.
>
>
>  > making the suite less brittle
>
>  What brittle means is a bit subjective here. Just a lengthy
>  conversation about this in irc last night. The guy with whom I was
>  chatting prefers to not use mocks because he'd rather see a change
>  cause a bunch of lower level examples to fail than stories. From what
>  I can tell, he doesn't like to use mocks even temporarily, in process.
>
>  His approach has the benefit that you learn about side effects of your
>  changes faster, and the cost that it means you sometimes have more
>  "red bar" to wade through while you get things right.
>
>  My approach has the benefit that you can address side effects of your
>  changes with a green bar helping you know that the smaller bits
>  (objects and methods) are functioning, and the cost that you sometimes
>  don't learn about side effects until you run your stories (or
>  integration suite).
>
>  Neither solution is perfect. You just have to pick your poison.
>
>
>  > (except for calls to external
>  > services/databases/file systems).
>
>  This is a funny thing about ruby, specifically rails.
>
>  One of the hallmarks of OO is a high level of decoupling - especially
>  decoupling your code from 3rd party code through adapters. There are a
>  couple of reasons for this.
>
>  One is that having an adapter lets you write exactly the code that you
>  want to write throughout most of your system, rather than being
>  subject to the naming conventions of the 3rd party library that might
>  clash with those in your system or even with your domain.
>
>  The other is that if you decide to switch to a different library,
>  you're pretty well hosed unless you have adapters. If you look at the
>  competitors to ActiveRecord, like Og and Datamapper, they are all VERY
>  similar syntactically. Why? Two reasons I think. One is that AR got a
>  lot of things right from a domain perspective. The other is that calls
>  to AR internals have leaked out to a lot of controllers and even
>  views:
>
>  Person.find(:all, :conditions => ['active = ?', true])
>
>  In spite of guidelines all over the web that say that this should be
>  wrapped in a #find_active method in the model, these sorts of things
>  pop up all over the place anyhow.

Finishing up that thought - find_active is an adapter - just at the
method level instead of the object level.

>  > So if the story passes all acceptance tests, why is there a need for
>  > examples at a lower level?
>
>  So that you can get things working one step at a time, and then change
>  things as needed one step at a time, with green bars keeping you sane,
>  stress free, and even happy all the way through.
>
>  HTH,
>  David
>

From ed.howland at gmail.com  Tue Mar  4 09:32:12 2008
From: ed.howland at gmail.com (Ed Howland)
Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2008 08:32:12 -0600
Subject: [rspec-users] Pretty story output for non-Rails project
In-Reply-To: <8d961d900803040524k37da5bdw58000689a89b0cb0@mail.gmail.com>
References: <782d66f30803032141o7d2d8ca1v56f24573a0eeb55d@mail.gmail.com>
	<57c63afe0803032219q3f6f532dmce3f30caa2f320b0@mail.gmail.com>
	<3df642dd0803040518q11bdba2fj1eac2a73f467669b@mail.gmail.com>
	<8d961d900803040524k37da5bdw58000689a89b0cb0@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <3df642dd0803040632s793d725byfd4509202d6312ed@mail.gmail.com>

On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 7:24 AM, aslak hellesoy <aslak.hellesoy at gmail.com> wrote:

>
>  This is in the latest release. Just pass --format html on the ocmmand
>  line. ARGS is read by one of the internal files in RSpec - not all.rb.
>  Try --help too.
>
>  Aslak

Thanks, Aslak. Seems I was consuming ARGV prematurely in my own story runner.

The output seems a bit crude. I have to drop the output in public and
copy the css there, or put it in
vendors/plugins/rspec/story_server/prototype.

Also, I can't seem to get the summarized output like the example in there.

Ed

-- 
Ed Howland
http://greenprogrammer.blogspot.com

From aslak.hellesoy at gmail.com  Tue Mar  4 10:24:43 2008
From: aslak.hellesoy at gmail.com (aslak hellesoy)
Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2008 16:24:43 +0100
Subject: [rspec-users] Pretty story output for non-Rails project
In-Reply-To: <3df642dd0803040632s793d725byfd4509202d6312ed@mail.gmail.com>
References: <782d66f30803032141o7d2d8ca1v56f24573a0eeb55d@mail.gmail.com>
	<57c63afe0803032219q3f6f532dmce3f30caa2f320b0@mail.gmail.com>
	<3df642dd0803040518q11bdba2fj1eac2a73f467669b@mail.gmail.com>
	<8d961d900803040524k37da5bdw58000689a89b0cb0@mail.gmail.com>
	<3df642dd0803040632s793d725byfd4509202d6312ed@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <8d961d900803040724i53bf6c05xbc201cecbda4984e@mail.gmail.com>

On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 3:32 PM, Ed Howland <ed.howland at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 7:24 AM, aslak hellesoy <aslak.hellesoy at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>  >
>  >  This is in the latest release. Just pass --format html on the ocmmand
>  >  line. ARGS is read by one of the internal files in RSpec - not all.rb.
>  >  Try --help too.
>  >
>  >  Aslak
>
>  Thanks, Aslak. Seems I was consuming ARGV prematurely in my own story runner.
>
>  The output seems a bit crude. I have to drop the output in public and
>  copy the css there, or put it in
>  vendors/plugins/rspec/story_server/prototype.
>
>  Also, I can't seem to get the summarized output like the example in there.
>

Yeah, it's only a start. Patches are welcome as usual.

Aslak
>  Ed
>
>  --
>
> Ed Howland
>  http://greenprogrammer.blogspot.com
>
>
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From pergesu at gmail.com  Tue Mar  4 11:43:01 2008
From: pergesu at gmail.com (Pat Maddox)
Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2008 08:43:01 -0800
Subject: [rspec-users] What is your workflow? Or how to use the story
	runner the right way.
In-Reply-To: <57c63afe0803040613xa3e6fd8wdc4a4a227ec494bc@mail.gmail.com>
References: <27c0ac6d0803040513l7b4fba44nfb3b314aae1bdcc3@mail.gmail.com>
	<57c63afe0803040613xa3e6fd8wdc4a4a227ec494bc@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <810a540e0803040843o5a082292u67e67826748bc727@mail.gmail.com>

On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 6:13 AM, David Chelimsky <dchelimsky at gmail.com> wrote:
>  What brittle means is a bit subjective here. Just a lengthy
>  conversation about this in irc last night. The guy with whom I was
>  chatting prefers to not use mocks because he'd rather see a change
>  cause a bunch of lower level examples to fail than stories.

Do you happen to have a log of that convo?

Pat

From dchelimsky at gmail.com  Tue Mar  4 11:46:11 2008
From: dchelimsky at gmail.com (David Chelimsky)
Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2008 10:46:11 -0600
Subject: [rspec-users] What is your workflow? Or how to use the story
	runner the right way.
In-Reply-To: <810a540e0803040843o5a082292u67e67826748bc727@mail.gmail.com>
References: <27c0ac6d0803040513l7b4fba44nfb3b314aae1bdcc3@mail.gmail.com>
	<57c63afe0803040613xa3e6fd8wdc4a4a227ec494bc@mail.gmail.com>
	<810a540e0803040843o5a082292u67e67826748bc727@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <57c63afe0803040846q2dc3a2k8bd695c8e2a2be86@mail.gmail.com>

On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 10:43 AM, Pat Maddox <pergesu at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 6:13 AM, David Chelimsky <dchelimsky at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >  What brittle means is a bit subjective here. Just a lengthy
>  >  conversation about this in irc last night. The guy with whom I was
>  >  chatting prefers to not use mocks because he'd rather see a change
>  >  cause a bunch of lower level examples to fail than stories.
>
>  Do you happen to have a log of that convo?

It was in caboose - are those public?

>
>  Pat
>
>
> _______________________________________________
>  rspec-users mailing list
>  rspec-users at rubyforge.org
>  http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users
>

From mhennemeyer at googlemail.com  Tue Mar  4 11:51:15 2008
From: mhennemeyer at googlemail.com (Matthias Hennemeyer)
Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2008 17:51:15 +0100
Subject: [rspec-users] rspec vs. test::more
Message-ID: <68F9669F-5D69-415E-96CD-B0A679DC0E0C@googlemail.com>

Hey all,
you HAVE to read this blog post:

http://blog.jrock.us/articles/RSpec%20vs.%20Test::More.pod#comments

My favorite parts are:

1)
... some rspec code ...
 > For the sake of comparison lets translate this directly into perl:
... some perl code ...
2)
 >First, notice that the rspec-version isn't actually ruby code. It's  
not any real language.

For the sake of comparison i have translated this blog post in Amiga  
Assembler and investigated that its actually a cheat for MonkeyIsland 
(SMI) .

Cheers

From pergesu at gmail.com  Tue Mar  4 12:11:26 2008
From: pergesu at gmail.com (Pat Maddox)
Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2008 09:11:26 -0800
Subject: [rspec-users] What is your workflow? Or how to use the story
	runner the right way.
In-Reply-To: <57c63afe0803040846q2dc3a2k8bd695c8e2a2be86@mail.gmail.com>
References: <27c0ac6d0803040513l7b4fba44nfb3b314aae1bdcc3@mail.gmail.com>
	<57c63afe0803040613xa3e6fd8wdc4a4a227ec494bc@mail.gmail.com>
	<810a540e0803040843o5a082292u67e67826748bc727@mail.gmail.com>
	<57c63afe0803040846q2dc3a2k8bd695c8e2a2be86@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <810a540e0803040911i467aac50v5af6340a0921f8e5@mail.gmail.com>

On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 8:46 AM, David Chelimsky <dchelimsky at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 10:43 AM, Pat Maddox <pergesu at gmail.com> wrote:
>  > On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 6:13 AM, David Chelimsky <dchelimsky at gmail.com> wrote:
>  >
>  > >  What brittle means is a bit subjective here. Just a lengthy
>  >  >  conversation about this in irc last night. The guy with whom I was
>  >  >  chatting prefers to not use mocks because he'd rather see a change
>  >  >  cause a bunch of lower level examples to fail than stories.
>  >
>  >  Do you happen to have a log of that convo?
>
>  It was in caboose - are those public?

Nope

From cwdinfo at gmail.com  Tue Mar  4 12:11:26 2008
From: cwdinfo at gmail.com (s.ross)
Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2008 09:11:26 -0800
Subject: [rspec-users] Pretty story output for non-Rails project
In-Reply-To: <8d961d900803040524k37da5bdw58000689a89b0cb0@mail.gmail.com>
References: <782d66f30803032141o7d2d8ca1v56f24573a0eeb55d@mail.gmail.com>
	<57c63afe0803032219q3f6f532dmce3f30caa2f320b0@mail.gmail.com>
	<3df642dd0803040518q11bdba2fj1eac2a73f467669b@mail.gmail.com>
	<8d961d900803040524k37da5bdw58000689a89b0cb0@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <7B14FCE3-7789-48B2-BE9B-52025666057E@gmail.com>

On Mar 4, 2008, at 5:24 AM, aslak hellesoy wrote:

> This is in the latest release. Just pass --format html on the ocmmand
> line. ARGS is read by one of the internal files in RSpec - not all.rb.
> Try --help too.
>
> Aslak

I must be dense:

RSpec-1.1.3 (build 20080131122909) - BDD for Ruby

ruby stories/all.rb --format html

and this outputs text. Where would the html go?

From aslak.hellesoy at gmail.com  Tue Mar  4 12:26:10 2008
From: aslak.hellesoy at gmail.com (aslak hellesoy)
Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2008 18:26:10 +0100
Subject: [rspec-users] Pretty story output for non-Rails project
In-Reply-To: <7B14FCE3-7789-48B2-BE9B-52025666057E@gmail.com>
References: <782d66f30803032141o7d2d8ca1v56f24573a0eeb55d@mail.gmail.com>
	<57c63afe0803032219q3f6f532dmce3f30caa2f320b0@mail.gmail.com>
	<3df642dd0803040518q11bdba2fj1eac2a73f467669b@mail.gmail.com>
	<8d961d900803040524k37da5bdw58000689a89b0cb0@mail.gmail.com>
	<7B14FCE3-7789-48B2-BE9B-52025666057E@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <8d961d900803040926y59a6a5dv12d6ae57000190b3@mail.gmail.com>

On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 6:11 PM, s.ross <cwdinfo at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mar 4, 2008, at 5:24 AM, aslak hellesoy wrote:
>
>  > This is in the latest release. Just pass --format html on the ocmmand
>  > line. ARGS is read by one of the internal files in RSpec - not all.rb.
>  > Try --help too.
>  >
>  > Aslak
>
>  I must be dense:
>
>  RSpec-1.1.3 (build 20080131122909) - BDD for Ruby
>
>  ruby stories/all.rb --format html
>
>  and this outputs text. Where would the html go?
>

I forgot - this is an old bug - not working with rails, only "vanilla"
http://rspec.lighthouseapp.com/projects/5645/tickets/113-13547-story-runner-html-formatted-output

Aslak

>
> _______________________________________________
>  rspec-users mailing list
>  rspec-users at rubyforge.org
>  http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users
>

From cwdinfo at gmail.com  Tue Mar  4 12:52:41 2008
From: cwdinfo at gmail.com (s.ross)
Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2008 09:52:41 -0800
Subject: [rspec-users] Pretty story output for non-Rails project
In-Reply-To: <8d961d900803040926y59a6a5dv12d6ae57000190b3@mail.gmail.com>
References: <782d66f30803032141o7d2d8ca1v56f24573a0eeb55d@mail.gmail.com>
	<57c63afe0803032219q3f6f532dmce3f30caa2f320b0@mail.gmail.com>
	<3df642dd0803040518q11bdba2fj1eac2a73f467669b@mail.gmail.com>
	<8d961d900803040524k37da5bdw58000689a89b0cb0@mail.gmail.com>
	<7B14FCE3-7789-48B2-BE9B-52025666057E@gmail.com>
	<8d961d900803040926y59a6a5dv12d6ae57000190b3@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <0ECB8EDB-3FF9-42CF-9908-93AA70953181@gmail.com>

On Mar 4, 2008, at 9:26 AM, aslak hellesoy wrote:

> I forgot - this is an old bug - not working with rails, only "vanilla"
> http://rspec.lighthouseapp.com/projects/5645/tickets/113-13547-story-runner-html-formatted-output

Ok, I feel a little less dense now :)

From coreyhaines at gmail.com  Tue Mar  4 15:04:50 2008
From: coreyhaines at gmail.com (Corey Haines)
Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2008 15:04:50 -0500
Subject: [rspec-users] textmate bundle
Message-ID: <6bdacb70803041204g4814bc43p4bf823cebab10429@mail.gmail.com>

Hi,

I'm just getting e set up on my machine, and I was wondering if someone
could point me to the current rspec bundle for textmate? I googled and found
a million of them, I think.

Thanks.
-Corey

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From dchelimsky at gmail.com  Tue Mar  4 15:13:46 2008
From: dchelimsky at gmail.com (David Chelimsky)
Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2008 14:13:46 -0600
Subject: [rspec-users] textmate bundle
In-Reply-To: <6bdacb70803041204g4814bc43p4bf823cebab10429@mail.gmail.com>
References: <6bdacb70803041204g4814bc43p4bf823cebab10429@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <57c63afe0803041213x53d2aa77q20aa531c94e128f1@mail.gmail.com>

On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 2:04 PM, Corey Haines <coreyhaines at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm just getting e set up on my machine, and I was wondering if someone
> could point me to the current rspec bundle for textmate? I googled and found
> a million of them, I think.

It's in the rspec repos:

http://rspec.rubyforge.org/svn/trunk
git://github.com/dchelimsky/rspec.git
git://gitorious.org/rspec/mainline.git

>
> Thanks.
> -Corey
>
> --
> http://www.coreyhaines.com
> The Internet's Premiere source of information about Corey Haines
> _______________________________________________
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>  rspec-users at rubyforge.org
>  http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users
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From coreyhaines at gmail.com  Tue Mar  4 15:18:52 2008
From: coreyhaines at gmail.com (Corey Haines)
Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2008 15:18:52 -0500
Subject: [rspec-users] textmate bundle
In-Reply-To: <57c63afe0803041213x53d2aa77q20aa531c94e128f1@mail.gmail.com>
References: <6bdacb70803041204g4814bc43p4bf823cebab10429@mail.gmail.com>
	<57c63afe0803041213x53d2aa77q20aa531c94e128f1@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <6bdacb70803041218v7cc09156sc0148871b78b6048@mail.gmail.com>

Thanks, David.

On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 3:13 PM, David Chelimsky <dchelimsky at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 2:04 PM, Corey Haines <coreyhaines at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm just getting e set up on my machine, and I was wondering if someone
> > could point me to the current rspec bundle for textmate? I googled and
> found
> > a million of them, I think.
>
> It's in the rspec repos:
>
> http://rspec.rubyforge.org/svn/trunk
> git://github.com/dchelimsky/rspec.git
> git://gitorious.org/rspec/mainline.git
>
> >
> > Thanks.
> > -Corey
> >
> > --
> > http://www.coreyhaines.com
> > The Internet's Premiere source of information about Corey Haines
> > _______________________________________________
> >  rspec-users mailing list
> >  rspec-users at rubyforge.org
> >  http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users
> >
> _______________________________________________
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> rspec-users at rubyforge.org
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>



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From korny at sietsma.com  Tue Mar  4 15:22:54 2008
From: korny at sietsma.com (Korny Sietsma)
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 07:22:54 +1100
Subject: [rspec-users] rspec vs. test::more
In-Reply-To: <68F9669F-5D69-415E-96CD-B0A679DC0E0C@googlemail.com>
References: <68F9669F-5D69-415E-96CD-B0A679DC0E0C@googlemail.com>
Message-ID: <8e15872b0803041222p6ababf83mb96fd7510853a257@mail.gmail.com>

Wow - both funny and a little tragic.
He really doesn't understand what "readable" means, does he?

"you keep using that word - I do not think it means what you think it means"

- Korny

On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 3:51 AM, Matthias Hennemeyer <
mhennemeyer at googlemail.com> wrote:

> Hey all,
> you HAVE to read this blog post:
>
> http://blog.jrock.us/articles/RSpec%20vs.%20Test::More.pod#comments
>
> My favorite parts are:
>
> 1)
> ... some rspec code ...
>  > For the sake of comparison lets translate this directly into perl:
> ... some perl code ...
> 2)
>  >First, notice that the rspec-version isn't actually ruby code. It's
> not any real language.
>
> For the sake of comparison i have translated this blog post in Amiga
> Assembler and investigated that its actually a cheat for MonkeyIsland
> (SMI) .
>
> Cheers
> _______________________________________________
> rspec-users mailing list
> rspec-users at rubyforge.org
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users
>



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From coreyhaines at gmail.com  Tue Mar  4 16:28:17 2008
From: coreyhaines at gmail.com (Corey Haines)
Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2008 16:28:17 -0500
Subject: [rspec-users] rspec vs. test::more
In-Reply-To: <8e15872b0803041222p6ababf83mb96fd7510853a257@mail.gmail.com>
References: <68F9669F-5D69-415E-96CD-B0A679DC0E0C@googlemail.com>
	<8e15872b0803041222p6ababf83mb96fd7510853a257@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <6bdacb70803041328l658dba89j71b76a997c21bed5@mail.gmail.com>

I like this line:

"That sounds like something I should pay you a lot of money for! Sign me
up!"

David, I didn't realize that I was racking up a huge monetary debt to you.

-Corey


On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 3:22 PM, Korny Sietsma <korny at sietsma.com> wrote:

> Wow - both funny and a little tragic.
> He really doesn't understand what "readable" means, does he?
>
> "you keep using that word - I do not think it means what you think it
> means"
>
> - Korny
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 3:51 AM, Matthias Hennemeyer <
> mhennemeyer at googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hey all,
> > you HAVE to read this blog post:
> >
> > http://blog.jrock.us/articles/RSpec%20vs.%20Test::More.pod#comments
> >
> > My favorite parts are:
> >
> > 1)
> > ... some rspec code ...
> >  > For the sake of comparison lets translate this directly into perl:
> > ... some perl code ...
> > 2)
> >  >First, notice that the rspec-version isn't actually ruby code. It's
> > not any real language.
> >
> > For the sake of comparison i have translated this blog post in Amiga
> > Assembler and investigated that its actually a cheat for MonkeyIsland
> > (SMI) .
> >
> > Cheers
> > _______________________________________________
> > rspec-users mailing list
> > rspec-users at rubyforge.org
> > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Kornelis Sietsma  korny at my surname dot com
> kornys at gmail dot com on google chat -- kornys on skype
> "we do what we must, because we can"
> _______________________________________________
> rspec-users mailing list
> rspec-users at rubyforge.org
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users
>



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From pergesu at gmail.com  Tue Mar  4 17:28:47 2008
From: pergesu at gmail.com (Pat Maddox)
Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2008 14:28:47 -0800
Subject: [rspec-users] What is your workflow? Or how to use the story
	runner the right way.
In-Reply-To: <810a540e0803040911i467aac50v5af6340a0921f8e5@mail.gmail.com>
References: <27c0ac6d0803040513l7b4fba44nfb3b314aae1bdcc3@mail.gmail.com>
	<57c63afe0803040613xa3e6fd8wdc4a4a227ec494bc@mail.gmail.com>
	<810a540e0803040843o5a082292u67e67826748bc727@mail.gmail.com>
	<57c63afe0803040846q2dc3a2k8bd695c8e2a2be86@mail.gmail.com>
	<810a540e0803040911i467aac50v5af6340a0921f8e5@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <810a540e0803041428o6aa78595w8ed9f40a86fa7a66@mail.gmail.com>

On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 9:11 AM, Pat Maddox <pergesu at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 8:46 AM, David Chelimsky <dchelimsky at gmail.com> wrote:
>  >
>  > On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 10:43 AM, Pat Maddox <pergesu at gmail.com> wrote:
>  >  > On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 6:13 AM, David Chelimsky <dchelimsky at gmail.com> wrote:
>  >  >
>  >  > >  What brittle means is a bit subjective here. Just a lengthy
>  >  >  >  conversation about this in irc last night. The guy with whom I was
>  >  >  >  chatting prefers to not use mocks because he'd rather see a change
>  >  >  >  cause a bunch of lower level examples to fail than stories.
>  >  >
>  >  >  Do you happen to have a log of that convo?
>  >
>  >  It was in caboose - are those public?
>
>  Nope

Nevermind, turns out that I work with this nutcase

From pergesu at gmail.com  Tue Mar  4 18:22:45 2008
From: pergesu at gmail.com (Pat Maddox)
Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2008 15:22:45 -0800
Subject: [rspec-users] rspec vs. test::more
In-Reply-To: <6bdacb70803041328l658dba89j71b76a997c21bed5@mail.gmail.com>
References: <68F9669F-5D69-415E-96CD-B0A679DC0E0C@googlemail.com>
	<8e15872b0803041222p6ababf83mb96fd7510853a257@mail.gmail.com>
	<6bdacb70803041328l658dba89j71b76a997c21bed5@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <810a540e0803041522o71f73042o975759de8f1a72ae@mail.gmail.com>

On 3/4/08, Corey Haines <coreyhaines at gmail.com> wrote:
> I like this line:
>
> "That sounds like something I should pay you a lot of money for! Sign me
> up!"
>
> David, I didn't realize that I was racking up a huge monetary debt to you.
>
> -Corey

You'll pay up if you value your kneecaps.

Pat

From lists at ruby-forum.com  Wed Mar  5 05:25:05 2008
From: lists at ruby-forum.com (Namrata Tiwari)
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 11:25:05 +0100
Subject: [rspec-users] having trouble specing an ajax request
Message-ID: <00b87bf2a68372c30f941e500c91ed10@ruby-forum.com>

Do I need to spec an AR. If yes, what is the best way to spec this.
here is the code -

def index
   @deals   = Deal.paginate(:all, :conditions =>
prepare_search_conditions, :order
                           => 'created_at DESC',  :page => params[:page]
)
   if request.xhr?
     render :update do |page|
     page.replace_html "table", :partial => "/deals/front/listing"
   end
end

I am new to Rspec. Is this the right way?

it "should list all deals" do
    controller.stub!(:prepare_search_conditions).and_return(true)
    Deal.should_receive(:paginate).with(:all, {:conditions=>true,
                        :order=>"created_at DESC",
:page=>nil}).and_return(@deals)
    get :list
    controller.expect_render(:partial => '/deals/cms/list')
end

Thanks,
Namrata.
-- 
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From lists at ruby-forum.com  Wed Mar  5 05:27:49 2008
From: lists at ruby-forum.com (Namrata Tiwari)
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 11:27:49 +0100
Subject: [rspec-users] having trouble specing an ajax request
In-Reply-To: <00b87bf2a68372c30f941e500c91ed10@ruby-forum.com>
References: <00b87bf2a68372c30f941e500c91ed10@ruby-forum.com>
Message-ID: <a87091393a439ee80239c99ddd6d80dc@ruby-forum.com>

Sorry I pasted the wrong spec.
Here is correct one -

  it "should show deals listing" do
    controller.stub!(:prepare_search_conditions).and_return(true)
    Deal.should_receive(:paginate).and_return(@deals)

    get :index
    controller.expect_render(:partial => '/deals/front/listing')
  end

> Thanks,
> Namrata.

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From toastkid.williams at gmail.com  Wed Mar  5 05:40:10 2008
From: toastkid.williams at gmail.com (Max Williams)
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 10:40:10 +0000
Subject: [rspec-users] has_many_polymorphs is breaking my spec file
Message-ID: <f1b194900803050240k328b5f63kb52a0a380e419c7e@mail.gmail.com>

Hey folks

I have a bunch of classes that are polymorphs, with has_many_polymorphs
(they are all 'labellable', which is similar to being 'taggable' in the
acts_as_taggable scheme).  I have a couple of modules,
LabellableInstanceMethods and LabellableClassMethods in a file called
labellable_methods.rb.

The classes all get labelled with 'properties', and i set out to write the
Property class first, using bdd of course.  This all went fine.  However,
when i came to start testing that the labelling was working properly, i
added the following code:

  POLYMORPHIC_TABLENAMES = [:instructional_objects, :resources, :lessons,
:courses]
  #this is breaking tests currently
  has_many_polymorphs :labellables,
    :from => POLYMORPHIC_TABLENAMES,
    :through => :labellings,
    :dependent => :destroy

Now, whenever i run the spec file, it bombs out as soon as it hits a
reference to the Property class (at the start of my main describe block),
saying
"/home/jars/rails/lesson_planner/branches/max/vendor/rails/activerecord/lib/../../activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:249:in
`load_missing_constant': Expected
/home/jars/rails/lesson_planner/branches/max/app/models/property.rb to
define Property (LoadError)"

If i play around with the labelling system in the console, it seems to work
fine:  ie, the above code works 'normally', but is totally breaking the spec
file.

Does anyone have any ideas about this?  It's driving me crazy and stopping
me speccing other aspects of my labelling system.

thanks
max
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From dchelimsky at gmail.com  Wed Mar  5 08:37:09 2008
From: dchelimsky at gmail.com (David Chelimsky)
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 07:37:09 -0600
Subject: [rspec-users] has_many_polymorphs is breaking my spec file
In-Reply-To: <f1b194900803050240k328b5f63kb52a0a380e419c7e@mail.gmail.com>
References: <f1b194900803050240k328b5f63kb52a0a380e419c7e@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <57c63afe0803050537h79c41ed1qa810f4bc55b144ed@mail.gmail.com>

On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 4:40 AM, Max Williams
<toastkid.williams at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey folks
>
> I have a bunch of classes that are polymorphs, with has_many_polymorphs
> (they are all 'labellable', which is similar to being 'taggable' in the
> acts_as_taggable scheme).  I have a couple of modules,
> LabellableInstanceMethods and LabellableClassMethods in a file called
> labellable_methods.rb.
>
> The classes all get labelled with 'properties', and i set out to write the
> Property class first, using bdd of course.  This all went fine.  However,
> when i came to start testing that the labelling was working properly, i
> added the following code:
>
>   POLYMORPHIC_TABLENAMES = [:instructional_objects, :resources, :lessons,
> :courses]
>   #this is breaking tests currently
>   has_many_polymorphs :labellables,
>     :from => POLYMORPHIC_TABLENAMES,
>     :through => :labellings,
>      :dependent => :destroy
>
> Now, whenever i run the spec file, it bombs out as soon as it hits a
> reference to the Property class (at the start of my main describe block),
> saying
> "/home/jars/rails/lesson_planner/branches/max/vendor/rails/activerecord/lib/../../activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:249:in
> `load_missing_constant': Expected
> /home/jars/rails/lesson_planner/branches/max/app/models/property.rb to
> define Property (LoadError)"

This error is coming from Rails. Keep in mind that RSpec wrap Rails'
built-in test infrastructure. Can you try writing the same examples in
test/unit and see if they work?

>
> If i play around with the labelling system in the console, it seems to work
> fine:  ie, the above code works 'normally', but is totally breaking the spec
> file.
>
> Does anyone have any ideas about this?  It's driving me crazy and stopping
> me speccing other aspects of my labelling system.
>
> thanks
> max
>
>
> _______________________________________________
>  rspec-users mailing list
>  rspec-users at rubyforge.org
>  http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users
>

From toastkid.williams at gmail.com  Wed Mar  5 08:53:16 2008
From: toastkid.williams at gmail.com (Max Williams)
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 13:53:16 +0000
Subject: [rspec-users] has_many_polymorphs is breaking my spec file
In-Reply-To: <57c63afe0803050537h79c41ed1qa810f4bc55b144ed@mail.gmail.com>
References: <f1b194900803050240k328b5f63kb52a0a380e419c7e@mail.gmail.com>
	<57c63afe0803050537h79c41ed1qa810f4bc55b144ed@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <f1b194900803050553p754e608bwcecfb9bb78428c1e@mail.gmail.com>

Hmm, the results are exactly the same, down to the error message.  And, as
before, if i remove the has_many_polymorphs declaration there's no problem.

So its not rspec's fault.  But i'm still no closer to finding out what it is
about my has_many_polymorphs declaration that the tests don't like.  :(

On 05/03/2008, David Chelimsky <dchelimsky at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 4:40 AM, Max Williams
> <toastkid.williams at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hey folks
> >
> > I have a bunch of classes that are polymorphs, with has_many_polymorphs
> > (they are all 'labellable', which is similar to being 'taggable' in the
> > acts_as_taggable scheme).  I have a couple of modules,
> > LabellableInstanceMethods and LabellableClassMethods in a file called
> > labellable_methods.rb.
> >
> > The classes all get labelled with 'properties', and i set out to write
> the
> > Property class first, using bdd of course.  This all went
> fine.  However,
> > when i came to start testing that the labelling was working properly, i
> > added the following code:
> >
> >   POLYMORPHIC_TABLENAMES = [:instructional_objects, :resources,
> :lessons,
> > :courses]
> >   #this is breaking tests currently
> >   has_many_polymorphs :labellables,
> >     :from => POLYMORPHIC_TABLENAMES,
> >     :through => :labellings,
> >      :dependent => :destroy
> >
> > Now, whenever i run the spec file, it bombs out as soon as it hits a
> > reference to the Property class (at the start of my main describe
> block),
> > saying
> >
> "/home/jars/rails/lesson_planner/branches/max/vendor/rails/activerecord/lib/../../activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:249:in
> > `load_missing_constant': Expected
> > /home/jars/rails/lesson_planner/branches/max/app/models/property.rb to
> > define Property (LoadError)"
>
>
> This error is coming from Rails. Keep in mind that RSpec wrap Rails'
> built-in test infrastructure. Can you try writing the same examples in
> test/unit and see if they work?
>
>
> >
> > If i play around with the labelling system in the console, it seems to
> work
> > fine:  ie, the above code works 'normally', but is totally breaking the
> spec
> > file.
> >
> > Does anyone have any ideas about this?  It's driving me crazy and
> stopping
> > me speccing other aspects of my labelling system.
> >
> > thanks
> > max
> >
> >
>
> > _______________________________________________
> >  rspec-users mailing list
> >  rspec-users at rubyforge.org
> >  http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users
> >
> _______________________________________________
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> rspec-users at rubyforge.org
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users
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From dchelimsky at gmail.com  Wed Mar  5 09:01:25 2008
From: dchelimsky at gmail.com (David Chelimsky)
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 08:01:25 -0600
Subject: [rspec-users] has_many_polymorphs is breaking my spec file
In-Reply-To: <f1b194900803050553p754e608bwcecfb9bb78428c1e@mail.gmail.com>
References: <f1b194900803050240k328b5f63kb52a0a380e419c7e@mail.gmail.com>
	<57c63afe0803050537h79c41ed1qa810f4bc55b144ed@mail.gmail.com>
	<f1b194900803050553p754e608bwcecfb9bb78428c1e@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <57c63afe0803050601l2aa292abtb4eeb9e364db31@mail.gmail.com>

On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 7:53 AM, Max Williams
<toastkid.williams at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hmm, the results are exactly the same, down to the error message.  And, as
> before, if i remove the has_many_polymorphs declaration there's no problem.
>
> So its not rspec's fault.  But i'm still no closer to finding out what it is
> about my has_many_polymorphs declaration that the tests don't like.  :(

Have you posted to the rails list?

>
>
>
> On 05/03/2008, David Chelimsky <dchelimsky at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 4:40 AM, Max Williams
> > <toastkid.williams at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Hey folks
> > >
> > > I have a bunch of classes that are polymorphs, with has_many_polymorphs
> > > (they are all 'labellable', which is similar to being 'taggable' in the
> > > acts_as_taggable scheme).  I have a couple of modules,
> > > LabellableInstanceMethods and LabellableClassMethods in a file called
> > > labellable_methods.rb.
> > >
> > > The classes all get labelled with 'properties', and i set out to write
> the
> > > Property class first, using bdd of course.  This all went fine.
> However,
> > > when i came to start testing that the labelling was working properly, i
> > > added the following code:
> > >
> > >   POLYMORPHIC_TABLENAMES = [:instructional_objects, :resources,
> :lessons,
> > > :courses]
> > >   #this is breaking tests currently
> > >   has_many_polymorphs :labellables,
> > >     :from => POLYMORPHIC_TABLENAMES,
> > >     :through => :labellings,
> > >      :dependent => :destroy
> > >
> > > Now, whenever i run the spec file, it bombs out as soon as it hits a
> > > reference to the Property class (at the start of my main describe
> block),
> > > saying
> > >
> "/home/jars/rails/lesson_planner/branches/max/vendor/rails/activerecord/lib/../../activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:249:in
> > > `load_missing_constant': Expected
> > > /home/jars/rails/lesson_planner/branches/max/app/models/property.rb to
> > > define Property (LoadError)"
> >
> >
> > This error is coming from Rails. Keep in mind that RSpec wrap Rails'
> > built-in test infrastructure. Can you try writing the same examples in
> > test/unit and see if they work?
> >
> >
> > >
> > > If i play around with the labelling system in the console, it seems to
> work
> > > fine:  ie, the above code works 'normally', but is totally breaking the
> spec
> > > file.
> > >
> > > Does anyone have any ideas about this?  It's driving me crazy and
> stopping
> > > me speccing other aspects of my labelling system.
> > >
> > > thanks
> > > max
> > >
> > >
> >
> > > _______________________________________________
> > >  rspec-users mailing list
> > >  rspec-users at rubyforge.org
> > >  http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users
> > >
> > _______________________________________________
> > rspec-users mailing list
> > rspec-users at rubyforge.org
> > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users
> >
>
>
> _______________________________________________
>  rspec-users mailing list
>  rspec-users at rubyforge.org
>  http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users
>

From toastkid.williams at gmail.com  Wed Mar  5 09:17:55 2008
From: toastkid.williams at gmail.com (Max Williams)
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 14:17:55 +0000
Subject: [rspec-users] has_many_polymorphs is breaking my spec file
In-Reply-To: <57c63afe0803050601l2aa292abtb4eeb9e364db31@mail.gmail.com>
References: <f1b194900803050240k328b5f63kb52a0a380e419c7e@mail.gmail.com>
	<57c63afe0803050537h79c41ed1qa810f4bc55b144ed@mail.gmail.com>
	<f1b194900803050553p754e608bwcecfb9bb78428c1e@mail.gmail.com>
	<57c63afe0803050601l2aa292abtb4eeb9e364db31@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <f1b194900803050617r61095edahcd815b3b742c98f8@mail.gmail.com>

no, just the ruby forum.  I'll try the rails list next.  thanks

On 05/03/2008, David Chelimsky <dchelimsky at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 7:53 AM, Max Williams
>
> <toastkid.williams at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hmm, the results are exactly the same, down to the error message.  And,
> as
> > before, if i remove the has_many_polymorphs declaration there's no
> problem.
> >
> > So its not rspec's fault.  But i'm still no closer to finding out what
> it is
> > about my has_many_polymorphs declaration that the tests don't like.  :(
>
>
> Have you posted to the rails list?
>
>
> >
> >
> >
> > On 05/03/2008, David Chelimsky <dchelimsky at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 4:40 AM, Max Williams
> > > <toastkid.williams at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > Hey folks
> > > >
> > > > I have a bunch of classes that are polymorphs, with
> has_many_polymorphs
> > > > (they are all 'labellable', which is similar to being 'taggable' in
> the
> > > > acts_as_taggable scheme).  I have a couple of modules,
> > > > LabellableInstanceMethods and LabellableClassMethods in a file
> called
> > > > labellable_methods.rb.
> > > >
> > > > The classes all get labelled with 'properties', and i set out to
> write
> > the
> > > > Property class first, using bdd of course.  This all went fine.
> > However,
> > > > when i came to start testing that the labelling was working
> properly, i
> > > > added the following code:
> > > >
> > > >   POLYMORPHIC_TABLENAMES = [:instructional_objects, :resources,
> > :lessons,
> > > > :courses]
> > > >   #this is breaking tests currently
> > > >   has_many_polymorphs :labellables,
> > > >     :from => POLYMORPHIC_TABLENAMES,
> > > >     :through => :labellings,
> > > >      :dependent => :destroy
> > > >
> > > > Now, whenever i run the spec file, it bombs out as soon as it hits a
> > > > reference to the Property class (at the start of my main describe
> > block),
> > > > saying
> > > >
> >
> "/home/jars/rails/lesson_planner/branches/max/vendor/rails/activerecord/lib/../../activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:249:in
> > > > `load_missing_constant': Expected
> > > > /home/jars/rails/lesson_planner/branches/max/app/models/property.rb
> to
> > > > define Property (LoadError)"
> > >
> > >
> > > This error is coming from Rails. Keep in mind that RSpec wrap Rails'
> > > built-in test infrastructure. Can you try writing the same examples in
> > > test/unit and see if they work?
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > If i play around with the labelling system in the console, it seems
> to
> > work
> > > > fine:  ie, the above code works 'normally', but is totally breaking
> the
> > spec
> > > > file.
> > > >
> > > > Does anyone have any ideas about this?  It's driving me crazy and
> > stopping
> > > > me speccing other aspects of my labelling system.
> > > >
> > > > thanks
> > > > max
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > > _______________________________________________
> > > >  rspec-users mailing list
> > > >  rspec-users at rubyforge.org
> > > >  http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users
> > > >
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > rspec-users mailing list
> > > rspec-users at rubyforge.org
> > > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users
> > >
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> >  rspec-users mailing list
> >  rspec-users at rubyforge.org
> >  http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users
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From rick.denatale at gmail.com  Wed Mar  5 12:28:17 2008
From: rick.denatale at gmail.com (Rick DeNatale)
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 12:28:17 -0500
Subject: [rspec-users] ActiveRecord, spec'ing find has right :order parameter
Message-ID: <deb2337a0803050928v15383cev121b3bdc6dc6b5b1@mail.gmail.com>

I'm wanting to write a spec that a model is applying an :order option
to a find call, but I don't want to completely specify all of the find
parameters.

So I want to write something like this, say in a controller spec

   User.should_receive(:find).with(:all, hash_with_at_least(:order =>
'user.name ASC'))
   get 'index', :sort => 'up'

This ability to partially specify the contents of a hash argument
seems to be generally useful, particularly for Rails, and was
wondering if anyone had done this. I don't think it would be too hard.

-- 
Rick DeNatale

My blog on Ruby
http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/

From doug+rspecuser at netinlet.com  Wed Mar  5 12:30:14 2008
From: doug+rspecuser at netinlet.com (Doug Bryant)
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 12:30:14 -0500
Subject: [rspec-users] mocking successive return values
Message-ID: <177c686f0803050930p7479ffecia5fa670df75a4817@mail.gmail.com>

I'm having a problems mocking successive return values.  I don't know if I'm
doing something wrong or if this is a limitation of rspec mocks.  Any ideas
of what I may be doing wrong?

I'm trying to test the generate_quote_number method.  It generates a quote
number, looks to see if it is in the db already.  If it is, it calls itself
to try again.  I want to test that it looks in the database for matching
numbers until it finds one which does not exist already.

## The code
 def generate_quote_number
    quote_num = "MMQ#{self.random_string}-001"
    if Policy.find(:first, :conditions => ["quote_number = ?", quote_num])
      quote_num = generate_quote_number
    end
    quote_num
  end

  def random_string(size=8)
     # return a random string
  end


For the test, I simply lookup 3 existing quote numbers, append nil to the
end (for a total of 4)
## The test
  it "should not generate a duplicate quote number" do
    existing_quote_numbers = Policy.find(:all).map{|p| p.quote_number}[0,3]

@policy_service.should_receive(:random_string).with(:no_args).exactly(4).times.and_return(existing_quote_numbers.concat([nil]))
    @policy_service.generate_quote_number
  end

##  The result
should not generate a duplicate quote number
Mock 'Service::Base' expected :random_string with (no args) 4 times, but
received it once

I verified "and_return" is actually returning the array rather than an
individual element of the existing_quote_numbers array which makes sense,
but what about this?
http://rspec.rubyforge.org/svn/branches/dogfood/spec/spec/mocks/mock_spec.rb

specify "should use a list of return values for successive calls" do
        @mock.should_receive(:multi_call).twice.with(:no_args).and_return([8,
12])
        @mock.multi_call.should_equal 8
        @mock.multi_call.should_equal 12
        @mock.__verify
end

Any feedback on how to properly test this is much appreciated.

Thanks,
Doug
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From rick.denatale at gmail.com  Wed Mar  5 12:43:45 2008
From: rick.denatale at gmail.com (Rick DeNatale)
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 12:43:45 -0500
Subject: [rspec-users] ActiveRecord,
	spec'ing find has right :order parameter
In-Reply-To: <deb2337a0803050928v15383cev121b3bdc6dc6b5b1@mail.gmail.com>
References: <deb2337a0803050928v15383cev121b3bdc6dc6b5b1@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <deb2337a0803050943h265128c7xd68749e8434fdcc@mail.gmail.com>

On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 12:28 PM, Rick DeNatale <rick.denatale at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm wanting to write a spec that a model is applying an :order option
>  to a find call, but I don't want to completely specify all of the find
>  parameters.
>
>  So I want to write something like this, say in a controller spec
>
>    User.should_receive(:find).with(:all, hash_with_at_least(:order =>
>  'user.name ASC'))
>    get 'index', :sort => 'up'
>
>  This ability to partially specify the contents of a hash argument
>  seems to be generally useful, particularly for Rails, and was
>  wondering if anyone had done this. I don't think it would be too hard.

And by the way, here's my sketch of how to do this, just looking not
to reinvent the wheel:

class HashWithAtLeast

  def initialize(aHash)
    @expected = aHash
  end

  def ==(other)
    @expected.each do |key, value|
      return false unless other[key] == value
    end
    true
  end

  def to_s
    "Hash with at least (@expected.inspect)"
  end
end

def hash_with_at_least(hash)
  HashWithAtLeast.new(hash)
end

describe HashWithAtLeast do
  it "should match the same hash" do
    hash_with_at_least(:a => 2).should == {:a => 2}
  end

  it "should match a hash with an extra key/value" do
    hash_with_at_least(:a => 2).should == {:a => 2, :b => 3}
  end

  it "should not match a hash with a missing key" do
    hash_with_at_least(:a => 2).should_not == {:b => 2}
    hash_with_at_least(:a => 2, :b => 3).should_not == {:a => 2}
  end

  it "should not match a hash with the wrong value for a key" do
    hash_with_at_least(:a => 2).should_not == {:a => 3}
    hash_with_at_least(:a => 2, :b => 3).should_not == {:a => 0, :b => 3}
  end

end

describe HashWithAtLeast, "in a message expectation" do
  before(:all) do
    @foo = Object.new
  end

  it "should match exact" do
    @foo.should_receive(:bar).with(hash_with_at_least(:a => 2))
    @foo.bar(:a => 2)
  end

  it "should allow extra keys" do
    @foo.should_receive(:bar).with(hash_with_at_least(:a => 2))
    @foo.bar(:a => 2, :b => 3)
  end
end

-- 
Rick DeNatale

My blog on Ruby
http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/

From coreyhaines at gmail.com  Wed Mar  5 13:05:34 2008
From: coreyhaines at gmail.com (Corey Haines)
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 13:05:34 -0500
Subject: [rspec-users] Testing that a model helper method is called
Message-ID: <6bdacb70803051005i7ba9ca24t1415a008f5c18f5d@mail.gmail.com>

So, I have a plugin that adds a method to ActiveRecord::Base, let's call the
method is_encrypted.

class MyModel < ActiveRecord::Base

is_encrypted

end

So, my question is, how do I write a spec to show that is_encrypted is
called here? I would rather not write specs that say that the behavior is
there, since I have tested the behavior already in my plugin.

Thanks.
-Corey

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From pergesu at gmail.com  Wed Mar  5 13:10:52 2008
From: pergesu at gmail.com (Pat Maddox)
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 10:10:52 -0800
Subject: [rspec-users] Testing that a model helper method is called
In-Reply-To: <6bdacb70803051005i7ba9ca24t1415a008f5c18f5d@mail.gmail.com>
References: <6bdacb70803051005i7ba9ca24t1415a008f5c18f5d@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <810a540e0803051010k4661202en177e6bc1ee93ae6d@mail.gmail.com>

On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 10:05 AM, Corey Haines <coreyhaines at gmail.com> wrote:
> So, I have a plugin that adds a method to ActiveRecord::Base, let's call the
> method is_encrypted.
>
> class MyModel < ActiveRecord::Base
>
> is_encrypted
>
> end
>
> So, my question is, how do I write a spec to show that is_encrypted is
> called here? I would rather not write specs that say that the behavior is
> there, since I have tested the behavior already in my plugin.

MyModel.should_receive(:is_encrypted)
load "my_model.rb"

Pat

From ben at benmabey.com  Wed Mar  5 13:18:37 2008
From: ben at benmabey.com (Ben Mabey)
Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2008 11:18:37 -0700
Subject: [rspec-users] having trouble specing an ajax request
In-Reply-To: <a87091393a439ee80239c99ddd6d80dc@ruby-forum.com>
References: <00b87bf2a68372c30f941e500c91ed10@ruby-forum.com>
	<a87091393a439ee80239c99ddd6d80dc@ruby-forum.com>
Message-ID: <47CEE3FD.6050205@benmabey.com>

Namrata Tiwari wrote:
> Sorry I pasted the wrong spec.
> Here is correct one -
>
>   it "should show deals listing" do
>     controller.stub!(:prepare_search_conditions).and_return(true)
>     Deal.should_receive(:paginate).and_return(@deals)
>
>     get :index
>     controller.expect_render(:partial => '/deals/front/listing')
>   end
>
>   
>> Thanks,
>> Namrata.
>>     
>
>   
Try setting your headers before your get request.. Like so:

@request.env["HTTP_ACCEPT"] = "application/javascript"

-Ben


From coreyhaines at gmail.com  Wed Mar  5 13:22:27 2008
From: coreyhaines at gmail.com (Corey Haines)
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 13:22:27 -0500
Subject: [rspec-users] Testing that a model helper method is called
In-Reply-To: <810a540e0803051010k4661202en177e6bc1ee93ae6d@mail.gmail.com>
References: <6bdacb70803051005i7ba9ca24t1415a008f5c18f5d@mail.gmail.com>
	<810a540e0803051010k4661202en177e6bc1ee93ae6d@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <6bdacb70803051022o353f50edg994eda3e2e7b2e4c@mail.gmail.com>

Thanks, Pat, that appeared to work.

-Corey


On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 1:10 PM, Pat Maddox <pergesu at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 10:05 AM, Corey Haines <coreyhaines at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > So, I have a plugin that adds a method to ActiveRecord::Base, let's call
> the
> > method is_encrypted.
> >
> > class MyModel < ActiveRecord::Base
> >
> > is_encrypted
> >
> > end
> >
> > So, my question is, how do I write a spec to show that is_encrypted is
> > called here? I would rather not write specs that say that the behavior
> is
> > there, since I have tested the behavior already in my plugin.
>
> MyModel.should_receive(:is_encrypted)
> load "my_model.rb"
>
> Pat
> _______________________________________________
> rspec-users mailing list
> rspec-users at rubyforge.org
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>



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From ben at benmabey.com  Wed Mar  5 13:25:43 2008
From: ben at benmabey.com (Ben Mabey)
Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2008 11:25:43 -0700
Subject: [rspec-users] mocking successive return values
In-Reply-To: <177c686f0803050930p7479ffecia5fa670df75a4817@mail.gmail.com>
References: <177c686f0803050930p7479ffecia5fa670df75a4817@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <47CEE5A7.1040703@benmabey.com>

Doug Bryant wrote:
> I'm having a problems mocking successive return values.  I don't know 
> if I'm doing something wrong or if this is a limitation of rspec 
> mocks.  Any ideas of what I may be doing wrong?
>
>
> For the test, I simply lookup 3 existing quote numbers, append nil to 
> the end (for a total of 4)
> ## The test
>   it "should not generate a duplicate quote number" do
>     existing_quote_numbers = Policy.find(:all).map{|p| 
> p.quote_number}[0,3]
>     
> @policy_service.should_receive(:random_string).with(:no_args).exactly(4).times.and_return(existing_quote_numbers.concat([nil]))
>     @policy_service.generate_quote_number
>   end
>

You will need to have one expectation per return.  Try this:

  it "should not generate a duplicate quote number" do
    #expect
    Policy.find(:all).map{|p| p.quote_number}[0,3].concat([nil]).each do 
|existing_quote_number|
        
@policy_service.should_receive(:random_string).with(:no_args).once.and_return(existing_quote_number))
    end
    #when
    @policy_service.generate_quote_number
  end



-Ben

From cwdinfo at gmail.com  Wed Mar  5 13:26:37 2008
From: cwdinfo at gmail.com (s.ross)
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 10:26:37 -0800
Subject: [rspec-users] ActiveRecord,
	spec'ing find has right :order parameter
In-Reply-To: <deb2337a0803050943h265128c7xd68749e8434fdcc@mail.gmail.com>
References: <deb2337a0803050928v15383cev121b3bdc6dc6b5b1@mail.gmail.com>
	<deb2337a0803050943h265128c7xd68749e8434fdcc@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <B1F7D6DF-A1FD-45BD-9A74-E8DED3B020B9@gmail.com>

On Mar 5, 2008, at 9:43 AM, Rick DeNatale wrote:

> And by the way, here's my sketch of how to do this, just looking not
> to reinvent the wheel:

Are you aware that Rails extends Hash with a few extra methods:

mymac:~/rails/myproj $ script/console
Loading development environment (Rails 2.0.2)
 >> a = {:foo=>'bar', :zoo => 'zar'}
=> {:foo=>"bar", :zoo=>"zar"}
 >> a.except(:foo)
=> {:zoo=>"zar"}
 >>

What's cool about this is that you can specify a fully valid hash once  
in a before block, then reuse it, omitting k/v pairs in order to  
verify behavior of missing-value conditions.

This doesn't exactly answer your need, but perhaps it will help.

From dchelimsky at gmail.com  Wed Mar  5 13:31:23 2008
From: dchelimsky at gmail.com (David Chelimsky)
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 12:31:23 -0600
Subject: [rspec-users] ActiveRecord,
	spec'ing find has right :order parameter
In-Reply-To: <deb2337a0803050943h265128c7xd68749e8434fdcc@mail.gmail.com>
References: <deb2337a0803050928v15383cev121b3bdc6dc6b5b1@mail.gmail.com>
	<deb2337a0803050943h265128c7xd68749e8434fdcc@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <2D5C0532-49A3-4B42-8098-CD25FDB3D778@gmail.com>

On Mar 5, 2008, at 11:43 AM, "Rick DeNatale" <rick.denatale at gmail.com>  
wrote:

> On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 12:28 PM, Rick DeNatale <rick.denatale at gmail.com 
> > wrote:
>> I'm wanting to write a spec that a model is applying an :order option
>> to a find call, but I don't want to completely specify all of the  
>> find
>> parameters.
>>
>> So I want to write something like this, say in a controller spec
>>
>>   User.should_receive(:find).with(:all, hash_with_at_least(:order =>
>> 'user.name ASC'))
>>   get 'index', :sort => 'up'

I really like this idea. What about something more general that can  
handle the first n args too?

>>
>>
>> This ability to partially specify the contents of a hash argument
>> seems to be generally useful, particularly for Rails, and was
>> wondering if anyone had done this. I don't think it would be too  
>> hard.
>
> And by the way, here's my sketch of how to do this, just looking not
> to reinvent the wheel:
>
> class HashWithAtLeast
>
>  def initialize(aHash)
>    @expected = aHash
>  end
>
>  def ==(other)
>    @expected.each do |key, value|
>      return false unless other[key] == value
>    end
>    true
>  end
>
>  def to_s
>    "Hash with at least (@expected.inspect)"
>  end
> end
>
> def hash_with_at_least(hash)
>  HashWithAtLeast.new(hash)
> end
>
> describe HashWithAtLeast do
>  it "should match the same hash" do
>    hash_with_at_least(:a => 2).should == {:a => 2}
>  end
>
>  it "should match a hash with an extra key/value" do
>    hash_with_at_least(:a => 2).should == {:a => 2, :b => 3}
>  end
>
>  it "should not match a hash with a missing key" do
>    hash_with_at_least(:a => 2).should_not == {:b => 2}
>    hash_with_at_least(:a => 2, :b => 3).should_not == {:a => 2}
>  end
>
>  it "should not match a hash with the wrong value for a key" do
>    hash_with_at_least(:a => 2).should_not == {:a => 3}
>    hash_with_at_least(:a => 2, :b => 3).should_not == {:a => 0, :b  
> => 3}
>  end
>
> end
>
> describe HashWithAtLeast, "in a message expectation" do
>  before(:all) do
>    @foo = Object.new
>  end
>
>  it "should match exact" do
>    @foo.should_receive(:bar).with(hash_with_at_least(:a => 2))
>    @foo.bar(:a => 2)
>  end
>
>  it "should allow extra keys" do
>    @foo.should_receive(:bar).with(hash_with_at_least(:a => 2))
>    @foo.bar(:a => 2, :b => 3)
>  end
> end
>
> -- 
> Rick DeNatale
>
> My blog on Ruby
> http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/
> _______________________________________________
> rspec-users mailing list
> rspec-users at rubyforge.org
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users

From doug+rspecuser at netinlet.com  Wed Mar  5 13:36:44 2008
From: doug+rspecuser at netinlet.com (Doug Bryant)
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 13:36:44 -0500
Subject: [rspec-users] mocking successive return values
In-Reply-To: <47CEE5A7.1040703@benmabey.com>
References: <177c686f0803050930p7479ffecia5fa670df75a4817@mail.gmail.com>
	<47CEE5A7.1040703@benmabey.com>
Message-ID: <177c686f0803051036me6e276cjc1a8a7994a2a5414@mail.gmail.com>

Thanks Ben.  I appreciate it.
Doug

On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 1:25 PM, Ben Mabey <ben at benmabey.com> wrote:

> Doug Bryant wrote:
> > I'm having a problems mocking successive return values.  I don't know
> > if I'm doing something wrong or if this is a limitation of rspec
> > mocks.  Any ideas of what I may be doing wrong?
> >
> >
> > For the test, I simply lookup 3 existing quote numbers, append nil to
> > the end (for a total of 4)
> > ## The test
> >   it "should not generate a duplicate quote number" do
> >     existing_quote_numbers = Policy.find(:all).map{|p|
> > p.quote_number}[0,3]
> >
> >
> @policy_service.should_receive(:random_string).with(:no_args).exactly(4).times.and_return(existing_quote_numbers.concat([nil]))
> >     @policy_service.generate_quote_number
> >   end
> >
>
> You will need to have one expectation per return.  Try this:
>
>  it "should not generate a duplicate quote number" do
>     #expect
>    Policy.find(:all).map{|p| p.quote_number}[0,3].concat([nil]).each do
> |existing_quote_number|
>
>
> @policy_service.should_receive(:random_string).with(:no_args).once.and_return(existing_quote_number))
>    end
>    #when
>     @policy_service.generate_quote_number
>  end
>
>
>
> -Ben
> _______________________________________________
> rspec-users mailing list
> rspec-users at rubyforge.org
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users
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From pergesu at gmail.com  Wed Mar  5 14:17:27 2008
From: pergesu at gmail.com (Pat Maddox)
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 11:17:27 -0800
Subject: [rspec-users] mocking successive return values
In-Reply-To: <177c686f0803050930p7479ffecia5fa670df75a4817@mail.gmail.com>
References: <177c686f0803050930p7479ffecia5fa670df75a4817@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <810a540e0803051117h6ea0e565me905c704ae9d742b@mail.gmail.com>

On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 9:30 AM, Doug Bryant <doug+rspecuser at netinlet.com> wrote:
@policy_service.should_receive(:random_string).with(:no_args).exactly(4).times.and_return(existing_quote_numbers.concat([nil]))
>      @policy_service.generate_quote_number
>   end
>
> ##  The result
> should not generate a duplicate quote number
> Mock 'Service::Base' expected :random_string with (no args) 4 times, but
> received it once
>
> I verified "and_return" is actually returning the array rather than an
> individual element of the existing_quote_numbers array which makes sense

You need to splat em out:

and_return(*existing_quote_numbers.concat([nil]))

Pat

From coreyhaines at gmail.com  Wed Mar  5 15:06:20 2008
From: coreyhaines at gmail.com (Corey Haines)
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 15:06:20 -0500
Subject: [rspec-users] mocking successive return values
In-Reply-To: <810a540e0803051117h6ea0e565me905c704ae9d742b@mail.gmail.com>
References: <177c686f0803050930p7479ffecia5fa670df75a4817@mail.gmail.com>
	<810a540e0803051117h6ea0e565me905c704ae9d742b@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <6bdacb70803051206m288be403i70905aa4ebd2e841@mail.gmail.com>

On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 2:17 PM, Pat Maddox <pergesu at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> You need to splat em out:
>
> and_return(*existing_quote_numbers.concat([nil]))
>
> Pat
>

Hi, Pat,

Just for my own edification and education, if you have a minute, could you
explain what this means and why you have to do it?

Thanks,
-Corey

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From doug at netinlet.com  Wed Mar  5 12:27:16 2008
From: doug at netinlet.com (Doug Bryant)
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 12:27:16 -0500
Subject: [rspec-users] mocking successive return values
Message-ID: <4F74242D-0CB4-47A1-927F-4A0E2623BC5C@netinlet.com>

I'm having a problems mocking successive return values.  I don't know  
if I'm doing something wrong or if this is a limitation of rspec  
mocks.  Any ideas of what I may be doing wrong?

I'm trying to test the generate_quote_number method.  It generates a  
quote number, looks to see if it is in the db already.  If it is, it  
calls itself to try again.  I want to test that it looks in the  
database for matching numbers until it finds one which does not exist  
already.

## The code
  def generate_quote_number
     quote_num = "MMQ#{self.random_string}-001"
     if Policy.find(:first, :conditions => ["quote_number = ?",  
quote_num])
       quote_num = generate_quote_number
     end
     quote_num
   end

   def random_string(size=8)
      # return a random string
   end


For the test, I simply lookup 3 existing quote numbers, append nil to  
the end (for a total of 4)
## The test
   it "should not generate a duplicate quote number" do
     existing_quote_numbers = Policy.find(:all).map{|p| p.quote_number} 
[0,3]
      
@policy_service 
.should_receive 
(:random_string 
).with 
(:no_args 
).exactly(4).times.and_return(existing_quote_numbers.concat([nil]))
     @policy_service.generate_quote_number
   end

##  The result
should not generate a duplicate quote number
Mock 'Service::Base' expected :random_string with (no args) 4 times,  
but received it once

I verified "and_return" is actually returning the array rather than an  
individual element of the existing_quote_numbers array which makes  
sense, but what about this?
http://rspec.rubyforge.org/svn/branches/dogfood/spec/spec/mocks/mock_spec.rb

specify "should use a list of return values for successive calls" do
          
@mock.should_receive(:multi_call).twice.with(:no_args).and_return([8,  
12])
         @mock.multi_call.should_equal 8
         @mock.multi_call.should_equal 12
         @mock.__verify
end

Any feedback on how to properly test this is much appreciated.

Thanks,
Doug


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From pergesu at gmail.com  Wed Mar  5 15:40:57 2008
From: pergesu at gmail.com (Pat Maddox)
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 12:40:57 -0800
Subject: [rspec-users] mocking successive return values
In-Reply-To: <6bdacb70803051206m288be403i70905aa4ebd2e841@mail.gmail.com>
References: <177c686f0803050930p7479ffecia5fa670df75a4817@mail.gmail.com>
	<810a540e0803051117h6ea0e565me905c704ae9d742b@mail.gmail.com>
	<6bdacb70803051206m288be403i70905aa4ebd2e841@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <810a540e0803051240l4ef277c6na2c6ee0702ce69a5@mail.gmail.com>

On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 12:06 PM, Corey Haines <coreyhaines at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 2:17 PM, Pat Maddox <pergesu at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > You need to splat em out:
> >
> >
> > and_return(*existing_quote_numbers.concat([nil]))
> >
> > Pat
> >
>
> Hi, Pat,
>
> Just for my own edification and education, if you have a minute, could you
> explain what this means and why you have to do it?

Basically it takes an array and splits it up.  Here's a little irb
session that ought to demonstrate it.

>> def foo(val); p val; end
=> nil
>> a = [1,2,3]
=> [1, 2, 3]
>> foo(a)
[1, 2, 3]
=> nil
>> foo(*a)
ArgumentError: wrong number of arguments (3 for 1)
	from (irb):4:in `foo'
	from (irb):4

The method expects one argument.  When I pass it an array, everything
is fine because it only has one object.  However when I splat the
array, it splits it up into three distinct objects and tries to pass
it in, causing the method to blow up.

In RSpec, you specify multiple values to return by passing in multiple
objects.  An array is just one object, so the mock just returns it.
Splat it out and you've passed multiple values to and_return, causing
it to return them in succession.

* is called the splat operator and can be used to collect stuff in
addition to splitting stuff up.  Just google for "ruby splat operator"
to get lots of info.  Also you can define #to_splat on any object.

Pat

From rick.denatale at gmail.com  Wed Mar  5 15:57:30 2008
From: rick.denatale at gmail.com (Rick DeNatale)
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 15:57:30 -0500
Subject: [rspec-users] ActiveRecord,
	spec'ing find has right :order parameter
In-Reply-To: <2D5C0532-49A3-4B42-8098-CD25FDB3D778@gmail.com>
References: <deb2337a0803050928v15383cev121b3bdc6dc6b5b1@mail.gmail.com>
	<deb2337a0803050943h265128c7xd68749e8434fdcc@mail.gmail.com>
	<2D5C0532-49A3-4B42-8098-CD25FDB3D778@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <deb2337a0803051257v7501bfb6qcd754a677bf736b4@mail.gmail.com>

On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 1:31 PM, David Chelimsky <dchelimsky at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mar 5, 2008, at 11:43 AM, "Rick DeNatale" <rick.denatale at gmail.com>
>
> wrote:
>
>  > On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 12:28 PM, Rick DeNatale <rick.denatale at gmail.com
>  > > wrote:
>  >> I'm wanting to write a spec that a model is applying an :order option
>  >> to a find call, but I don't want to completely specify all of the
>  >> find
>  >> parameters.
>  >>
>  >> So I want to write something like this, say in a controller spec
>  >>
>  >>   User.should_receive(:find).with(:all, hash_with_at_least(:order =>
>  >> 'user.name ASC'))
>  >>   get 'index', :sort => 'up'
>
>  I really like this idea. What about something more general that can
>  handle the first n args too?

That's a horse of a different color I think.  It would need to dig
into MessageExpectation#with and/or the way ArgumentExpectations are
built.

Dealing with it an argument at a time is easy since it just needs ==
to 'do the right thing' on an argument 'proxy'.

-- 
Rick DeNatale

My blog on Ruby
http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/

From coreyhaines at gmail.com  Wed Mar  5 16:09:03 2008
From: coreyhaines at gmail.com (Corey Haines)
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 16:09:03 -0500
Subject: [rspec-users] mocking successive return values
In-Reply-To: <810a540e0803051240l4ef277c6na2c6ee0702ce69a5@mail.gmail.com>
References: <177c686f0803050930p7479ffecia5fa670df75a4817@mail.gmail.com>
	<810a540e0803051117h6ea0e565me905c704ae9d742b@mail.gmail.com>
	<6bdacb70803051206m288be403i70905aa4ebd2e841@mail.gmail.com>
	<810a540e0803051240l4ef277c6na2c6ee0702ce69a5@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <6bdacb70803051309u3a4bc096v4a1f6563ed92e67b@mail.gmail.com>

Wow! That is really cool. Thanks for the explanation, Pat.

-Corey
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From dchelimsky at gmail.com  Wed Mar  5 16:12:15 2008
From: dchelimsky at gmail.com (David Chelimsky)
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 15:12:15 -0600
Subject: [rspec-users] ActiveRecord,
	spec'ing find has right :order parameter
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On Mar 5, 2008, at 2:57 PM, "Rick DeNatale" <rick.denatale at gmail.com>  
wrote:

> On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 1:31 PM, David Chelimsky  
> <dchelimsky at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Mar 5, 2008, at 11:43 AM, "Rick DeNatale"  
>> <rick.denatale at gmail.com>
>>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 12:28 PM, Rick DeNatale <rick.denatale at gmail.com
>>>> wrote:
>>>> I'm wanting to write a spec that a model is applying an :order  
>>>> option
>>>> to a find call, but I don't want to completely specify all of the
>>>> find
>>>> parameters.
>>>>
>>>> So I want to write something like this, say in a controller spec
>>>>
>>>>  User.should_receive(:find).with(:all, hash_with_at_least(:order =>
>>>> 'user.name ASC'))
>>>>  get 'index', :sort => 'up'
>>
>> I really like this idea. What about something more general that can
>> handle the first n args too?
>
> That's a horse of a different color I think.  It would need to dig
> into MessageExpectation#with and/or the way ArgumentExpectations are
> built.
>
> Dealing with it an argument at a time is easy since it just needs ==
> to 'do the right thing' on an argument 'proxy'.

Agreed.

I think hash_with would be clear enough and a bit more terse