rspec users - Aug 2007 - Plugins ''speced'' with rSpec?

Hello,

I''m trying to figure out how to setup a spec structure for plugins.
I''m
getting pretty lost in figuring out how to isolate a plugin enviornment
emulating rails, but not actually being reflected upon the current rails
project.

What I mean is this, let''s say I have a comment plugin. This has two
things
in lib, the comment model (comment.rb) and then the module ruby file for
methods.

I''m trying to figure out how I would spec this out in the actual plugin
directory (vendor/plugins/comment_plugin/spec). What would my spec_helper
look like? How would I spec that it works? Why I''m saying this is
because I
can''t use any of the /app/models/ in the rails project because that is
specific to a rails project, I''m trying to isolate it into the plugin.
How
would I fake a model in  rspec, especially with the line that
"acts_as_comment" which sets up the polymorphic association. If anyone
has
any advice, or knows of any plugins that are tested with rspec and not rails
testing, let me know.


Thanks.
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Fischer, Daniel wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I''m trying to figure out how to setup a spec structure for
plugins. I''m
> getting pretty lost in figuring out how to isolate a plugin enviornment 
> emulating rails, but not actually being reflected upon the current rails 
> project.
I just saw an article yesterday about this very topic, though of course 
it''s Test::Unit-focused, not rspec:

http://www.pluginaweek.org/2006/11/24/plugin-tip-of-the-week-testing-your-plugins-the-right-way/

On 8/3/07, Fischer, Daniel <daniel at danielfischer.com>
wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I''m trying to figure out how to setup a spec structure for
plugins. I''m
> getting pretty lost in figuring out how to isolate a plugin enviornment
> emulating rails, but not actually being reflected upon the current rails
> project.
>
> What I mean is this, let''s say I have a comment plugin. This has
two things
> in lib, the comment model (comment.rb) and then the module ruby file for
> methods.
>
> I''m trying to figure out how I would spec this out in the actual
plugin
> directory (vendor/plugins/comment_plugin/spec). What would
> my spec_helper look like? How would I spec that it works? Why I''m
saying
> this is because I can''t use any of the /app/models/ in the rails
project
> because that is specific to a rails project, I''m trying to isolate
it into
> the plugin. How would I fake a model in  rspec, especially with the line
> that "acts_as_comment" which sets up the polymorphic association.
If anyone
> has any advice, or knows of any plugins that are tested with rspec and not
> rails testing, let me know.
>
>
> Thanks.
>
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Hey Daniel,

You might be interested in the rspec_plugin generator.
http://agilewebdevelopment.com/plugins/rspec_plugin

Pat