Comments on: Testing rails generators with Cucumber http://gravityblast.com/2009/08/11/testing-rails-generators-with-cucumber/ ...coding blast beat! Wed, 14 Apr 2010 21:27:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Andrea Franz http://gravityblast.com/2009/08/11/testing-rails-generators-with-cucumber/comment-page-1/#comment-236 Andrea Franz Thu, 13 Aug 2009 10:28:21 +0000 http://gravityblast.com/?p=282#comment-236 It's interesting, but I usually test what my generator should do, and not what the app should do with the generated files. However it depends on what the plugin does. I saw you projects and I think it's useful to test that too ;) It’s interesting, but I usually test what my generator should do, and not what the app should do with the generated files. However it depends on what the plugin does. I saw you projects and I think it’s useful to test that too ;)

]]> By: Dr Nic http://gravityblast.com/2009/08/11/testing-rails-generators-with-cucumber/comment-page-1/#comment-234 Dr Nic Wed, 12 Aug 2009 20:54:47 +0000 http://gravityblast.com/?p=282#comment-234 It's great that you are testing generators. I've recently been writing generator tests that ultimately test that the generated files work. So if its a rails generator we've been creating a rails app, running the generator, and then running rails tests or whatever is necessary to prove that the generated files are valid + working. http://github.com/drnic/culerity is the latest example of this for a rails generator + I guess http://github.com/drnic/newgem has an example of a non-Rails generator. Do you think this is an interesting/useful approach? It’s great that you are testing generators. I’ve recently been writing generator tests that ultimately test that the generated files work. So if its a rails generator we’ve been creating a rails app, running the generator, and then running rails tests or whatever is necessary to prove that the generated files are valid + working.

http://github.com/drnic/culerity is the latest example of this for a rails generator + I guess http://github.com/drnic/newgem has an example of a non-Rails generator.

Do you think this is an interesting/useful approach?

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