[rspec-users] describe, context, feature, scenario

[Matt Wynne]

On 16 Jul 2012, at 02:28, Mike Glaz wrote:

> Describe, context, feature, scenario: what is the difference between the
> four and when do I use each one?

Feature and Scenario are Cucumber keywords and AFAIK have nothing to do with RSpec.

#describe and #context are both aliases for the same method which creates a new (anonymous) subclass of RSpec::ExampleGroup. This is essentially the same thing as sublcassing Test::Unit::TestCase as you would in a bog standard test-unit test.

So #describe and #context do the same thing. I tend to use #describe on the top level (what is the thing I'm describing in this spec), then use #context inside that to explain the different hoops I'm making that thing jump through in my examples.

cheers,
Matt

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