Comments on: Rails fast test suite http://nutrun.com/weblog/rails-fast-test-suite/ nutrun Fri, 08 Jan 2010 06:54:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Sarah Taraporewalla’s Technical Ramblings » Are types of testing important? http://nutrun.com/weblog/rails-fast-test-suite/comment-page-1/#comment-1201 Sarah Taraporewalla’s Technical Ramblings » Are types of testing important? Thu, 02 Oct 2008 20:42:43 +0000 http://new-site.nutrun.com/?p=102#comment-1201 [...] with the questioning, because I would point them in the direction of George Malamidis’s work around for fast unit tests. My point is that there maybe a better solution than separating the [...] [...] with the questioning, because I would point them in the direction of George Malamidis’s work around for fast unit tests. My point is that there maybe a better solution than separating the [...]

]]> By: Seth Thomas Rasmussen http://nutrun.com/weblog/rails-fast-test-suite/comment-page-1/#comment-284 Seth Thomas Rasmussen Thu, 09 Aug 2007 01:55:51 +0000 http://new-site.nutrun.com/?p=102#comment-284 An approach I've enjoyed thus far is to use a library like Mocha to do things like mock calls to the database or have my controller pretend it has a user logged in. An approach I’ve enjoyed thus far is to use a library like Mocha to do things like mock calls to the database or have my controller pretend it has a user logged in.

]]> By: Dan Manges http://nutrun.com/weblog/rails-fast-test-suite/comment-page-1/#comment-283 Dan Manges Tue, 07 Aug 2007 02:54:15 +0000 http://new-site.nutrun.com/?p=102#comment-283 I was being pretentious with the book references. Even though separating the business logic from the persistence is no longer the ActiveRecord pattern, the benefit of having a faster suite of tests is nice. I was being pretentious with the book references. Even though separating the business logic from the persistence is no longer the ActiveRecord pattern, the benefit of having a faster suite of tests is nice.

]]> By: Dan Manges http://nutrun.com/weblog/rails-fast-test-suite/comment-page-1/#comment-282 Dan Manges Thu, 02 Aug 2007 22:44:25 +0000 http://new-site.nutrun.com/?p=102#comment-282 Saying "I prefer to separate the business from the data access layers" is tantamount to saying "I prefer not to use the ActiveRecord pattern." Refer to the three chapters (17, 18, and 19) completely devoted to ActiveRecord in Agile Web Development with Rails (2nd edition) (AWDWR) (Thomas et al). So if you prefer that kind of separation, something like Og would be more appropriate. For further discussion I refer you to page 160 of Pattern of Enterprise Application Architecture (POEAA) (Fowler et al). Saying “I prefer to separate the business from the data access layers” is tantamount to saying “I prefer not to use the ActiveRecord pattern.” Refer to the three chapters (17, 18, and 19) completely devoted to ActiveRecord in Agile Web Development with Rails (2nd edition) (AWDWR) (Thomas et al). So if you prefer that kind of separation, something like Og would be more appropriate. For further discussion I refer you to page 160 of Pattern of Enterprise Application Architecture (POEAA) (Fowler et al).

]]> By: Stephan Schmidt http://nutrun.com/weblog/rails-fast-test-suite/comment-page-1/#comment-281 Stephan Schmidt Wed, 01 Aug 2007 04:14:32 +0000 http://new-site.nutrun.com/?p=102#comment-281 Good workaround. The root cause is that Rails calls tests unit tests when in fact - because of their database dependency - they are not unit tests but component or subsystem tests. Which, as far as I can tell, cannot easily be changed because ActiveRecord builds the model from a database, contrary to e.g. Grails, which defines the model in code. Peace -stephan -- Stephan Schmidt :: stephan@reposita.org Reposita Open Source - Monitor your software development http://www.reposita.org Blog at http://stephan.reposita.org - No signal. No noise. Good workaround. The root cause is that Rails calls tests unit tests when in fact – because of their database dependency – they are not unit tests but component or subsystem tests. Which, as far as I can tell, cannot easily be changed because ActiveRecord builds the model from a database, contrary to e.g. Grails, which defines the model in code.

Peace
-stephan

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