It_should_behave_like and arguments

Testing RSpec
1

Hello list,

I’m trying to setup some shared specs to describe a CRUD controller
and want to reuse the logic in it.

I’m basing most of the examples in latest David’s post about it [1]

The thing is that looking at the mailing list I couldn’t find a
cleaner way to set the model that will be used in the different
controller examples.

Has anyone experienced DRY without removing readability in this topic?
I was looking for something like this:

describe Invoices do
it_should_behave_like “CRUD”, :model => Invoice, …
end

where :model is being set as instance variable inside the shared specs.

In any case, I can workaround using before(:each) blocks before
invoking the shared specs.

Thanks in advance for comments, suggestions and pointers.

[1] http://blog.davidchelimsky.net/2008/7/1/new-controller-examples

Luis L.
AREA 17

Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from
the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent
disinclination to do so.
Douglas Adams

2

On Sat, Aug 2, 2008 at 6:49 PM, Luis L. [email protected]
wrote:

Has anyone experienced DRY without removing readability in this topic?

I think it’s ironic that you cite my post about the goodness of being
less DRY in your quest for more DRY-ness. :wink:

I was looking for something like this:

describe Invoices do
it_should_behave_like “CRUD”, :model => Invoice, …
end

There is an open ticket on this: http://rubyurl.com/7ZsP

Please feel free to resurrect the conversation there.

Cheers,
David

3

On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 10:12 AM, David C. [email protected]
wrote:

controller examples.

Has anyone experienced DRY without removing readability in this topic?

I think it’s ironic that you cite my post about the goodness of being
less DRY in your quest for more DRY-ness. :wink:

Thanks I always give my best :smiley:

I was looking for something like this:

describe Invoices do
it_should_behave_like “CRUD”, :model => Invoice, …
end

There is an open ticket on this: http://rubyurl.com/7ZsP

Please feel free to resurrect the conversation there.

Thanks for the pointer, but after further review of my code (and a
complete weekend to think about it) I’ll stick to a before :each that
set the @model_class.

The quest to find balance between DRY and readability is the hardest
one.

Cheers,
David

Thanks David for your time answering this email.

Regards,

Luis L.
AREA 17

Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from
the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent
disinclination to do so.
Douglas Adams