# Testing best practice

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/testing-best-practice/185337>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [March 18, 2010, 12:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/testing-best-practice/185337 "2010-03-18T12:58:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![fmcorp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/ccd318/32.png) [@fmcorp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/fmcorp)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2010, 12:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/testing-best-practice/185337/1 "2010-03-18T12:58:51Z")

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so what is the best way test bed to use for a rails project?

i’m thinking of using Rspec and Cucumber, but where do you do the unit  
tests? in Rspec?

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**Author:** ![fmcorp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/ccd318/32.png) [@fmcorp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/fmcorp)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2010, 3:12pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/testing-best-practice/185337/2 "2010-03-18T15:12:55Z")

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On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 7:57 AM, Rails F. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> so what is the best way test bed to use for a rails project?  
> i’m thinking of using Rspec and Cucumber, but where do you do the unit  
> tests? in Rspec?

Yes

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