# Documentation for using IntegrationTest?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/documentation-for-using-integrationtest/183917>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [February 22, 2010, 5:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/documentation-for-using-integrationtest/183917 "2010-02-22T17:44:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![plambert](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/9d8465/32.png) [@plambert](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/plambert)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2010, 5:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/documentation-for-using-integrationtest/183917/1 "2010-02-22T17:44:09Z")

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Can someone point me to some good documentation for writing  
integration tests using IntegrationTest? What documentation I have  
found seems to be outdated, referring to methods that are either  
deprecated or altogether relocated.

Are people actually using IntegrationTest, or is everyone using  
something like RSpec?

Thanks,  
–Paul

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**Author:** ![plambert](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/9d8465/32.png) [@plambert](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/plambert)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2010, 11:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/documentation-for-using-integrationtest/183917/2 "2010-02-22T23:35:59Z")

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Paul L. wrote:

> Can someone point me to some good documentation for writing  
> integration tests using IntegrationTest? What documentation I have  
> found seems to be outdated, referring to methods that are either  
> deprecated or altogether relocated.
> 
> Are people actually using IntegrationTest, or is everyone using  
> something like RSpec?

Andy is right. Cucumber (with or without RSpec) is the way to go for  
integration.

> Thanks,  
> –Paul

## Best,

Marnen Laibow-Koser  
[http://www.marnen.org](http://www.marnen.org)  
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**Author:** ![plambert](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/9d8465/32.png) [@plambert](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/plambert)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2010, 10:27pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/documentation-for-using-integrationtest/183917/3 "2010-02-22T22:27:30Z")

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I think most people have moved over to Cucumber for integration tests  
now.

The Pragmatic Programmers book on RSpec and Cucumber is a great  
introduction.

Cheers,

Andy

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