[rspec-users] plans for cucumber

David Chelimsky
2008-09-23T12:58:23Z

On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 7:53 AM, Chad Humphries
<chad.humphries at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have one question outside of rspec land in regards to cucumber.
> I''ve used it with test unit, test spec, and rspec without issue.
> Will it still be a relatively easy require to use on projects  outside
> of rspec?  More specifically, is the plan to have it replace story
> runner within rspec, or to replace it and stay a separate gem?

For exactly the reasons you cite, as of now, the plan is to extract
story runner to its own gem and keep cucumber a separate gem.

David

> --
> Chad
>
> On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 8:44 AM, David Chelimsky <dchelimsky at
gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 4:21 AM, Ashley Moran
>> <ashley.moran at patchspace.co.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>> On 23 Sep 2008, at 02:35, David Chelimsky wrote:
>>>
>>>> This should work right now with both ''rake
spec'' and ''cucumber features''
>>>
>>> It does, but only as "cucumber features" if I do
"cucumber
>>> features/descriptions/xyz.feature" it doesn''t find
the the step file on it''s
>>> own.
>>
>> "the step file" assumes a one to one mapping of feature files
to step
>> files. I tend to reuse steps across features, so this has little value
>> for me, personally. I think it is a constraint that might serve some
>> people''s needs well, but not everybody''s.
>>
>>> Ben''s TextMate Cucumber bundle reflects this, as
it''s "go to alternate file"
>>> command creates steps one level down from the descriptions.
>>>
>>> Kyle''s "story" command uses the structure
stories/stories and stories/steps
>>> so I''m used to working that way.
>>
>> While I appreciate that some people like to work this way, I
don''t
>> think everyone does and I don''t think cucumber should be
enforcing
>> conventions based on this.
>>
>> What I think *would* make sense is to offer up some
>> configuration/mapping scheme that allows you to manage this in a
>> number of different ways.
>>
>> For example, we could add something like autotest uses - if a
>> .cucumber file exists it gets loaded before anything else, and it can
>> be used to describe mappings as autotest does:
>>
>> Autotest.add_hook :initialize do |at|
>>  at.add_mapping %r%features/(.*).feature% do |filename, match|
>>    at.files_matching %r%features/#{match}.rb
>>  end
>> end
>>
>> Something along those lines could help satisfy everyone''s
needs, no? WDYT?
>>
>>> My stories folder always had extra dirs, so I find the layout:
>>>  features/
>>>    descriptions/
>>>      apply.feature
>>>      open.feature
>>>      start.feature
>>>      stop.feature
>>>      zoom.feature
>>>    matchers/
>>>    steps/
>>>    support/
>>>
>>> MUCH easier to follow than:
>>>  features/
>>>    apply.feature
>>>    matchers/
>>>    open.feature
>>>    start.feature
>>>    steps/
>>>    stop.feature
>>>    support/
>>>    zoom.feature
>>>
>>> This is just how I use it anyway - maybe I''m alone in
adding extra folders
>>> like that.  But I still find the nested structure much more logical
than the
>>> partially flat one.
>>
>> I see where you''re coming from in terms of visibility. I tend
to use
>> something like this:
>>
>> features/
>>  reservations/
>>  schedules/
>>  steps/
>>  supplies/
>>  support/
>>
>> Admittedly, steps and support are not like reservations, schedules and
>> supplies, but this has worked just fine for me so far.
>>
>> FWIW,
>> David
>>
>>>
>>> Ashley
>>>
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