[rspec-users] validate_presence_of

[Alex Satrapa]

On 19/02/2009, at 13:02 , Zach Dennis wrote:

> I have never seen or heard of anyone who writes a spec (developer
> level RSpec spec), but not the code and then hands it over to someone
> else and demands that that person implements it.

The fun begins when you can point out two or three conflicting  
requirements on the first page, such as "end date should not be null"  
right next to, "a version with no end date is current for all dates  
after the start date."

Then I sat the guy down and introduced him to autotest, commited the  
specification to version control, removed all but the first three  
entries and showed how to build from small pieces.

So truthfully speaking, I've not yet worked in an environment where  
RSpec was used to specify a design up front. And I certainly won't be  
introducing new managers to RSpec before introducing them to unit  
testing, then testing driven development, and then behaviour driven  
development. I prefer my feet intact and still attached to my legs!

Alex


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