Re: Rails - Tell us what you think

Joe at CodeGear
Thu, 15 Feb 2007 06:21:09 -0000

Thanks Philip, your comments are right on target.

Speaking of testing, does anyone use zentest, selenium, watr or other
tools in addition to (or instead of) the Rails functional tests?

On Feb 14, 2:04 pm, Phlip
<phlip2...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> Joe at CodeGear wrote:
>
> > My company, CodeGear (the Borland spin-off) has a survey open on Ruby
> > and Ruby on Rails.  Ifyouhave two minutes we''d appreciate
your input
> > on this survey.
>
> > The survey is at: href="http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?
> > u=187863298831
>
> Briefly: Yesyoushould develop a Rails editor, and if it thinks
> outside the box as much as Rails itself does, it could blow other
> editors away.
>
> For example, most Rails development consists of adding a little to a
> view, adding a little to a controller, then adding a little to a
> model. So most editors follow the Rails directory format, and put the
> models up here, the controllers all the way over there, and so on. The
> ability to navigate smartly amongst stuff, without treating it as
> separate files, would be priceless.
>
> However, question 14 lists common problems with Rails development,
andyouforgot to mention automated testing, or refactoring, in the list.
> No editor should make that oversight.
>
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>   Phlip
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