[rspec-users] ridding away with do_request

[David Chelimsky]

On Sat, Mar 8, 2008 at 11:06 PM, Pat Maddox <pergesu at gmail.com> wrote:
> I've always used do_post/do_put etc. But your way is perfectly acceptable :)

That's what I do too - but I like Zach's idea here. Do you guys think
the generated examples should use this?

David

>
>  Pat
>
>
>
>  On 3/8/08, Zach Dennis <zach.dennis at gmail.com> wrote:
>  > I'm heading out of town, but had a quick thought I wanted to share.
>  > Rather then using ambiguous named request helpers in controller specs
>  > like "do_request", I've been using more readable helpers like
>  > "post_create".
>  >
>  > For example...
>  >
>  > describe ProjectController do
>  > def post_create
>  > post :create, ...
>  > end
>  >
>  > before do
>  > end
>  >
>  > it "creates a new project" do
>  > Project.should_receive(:create).with(....)
>  > post_create
>  > end
>  >
>  > end
>  >
>  > IMO is adds a little more readability when looking at an individual
>  > "it" behavior on a controller spec. We've been keeping the request
>  > helpers as the first things immediately following a controller
>  > specification, ie: "describe SomeController do".
>  >
>  > Thoughts?
>  >
>  > --
>  > Zach Dennis
>  > http://www.continuousthinking.com
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