I''m trying to set up cucumber so we can try it in some Ruby automation scripts I''m working on. These will be straight Ruby, for use in BBEdit and TextMate (on the Mac). NOT Rails. The big early-stage stumbling block I''m having is setting up the initial Rakefile and directory structure. I think I''m rtfm''ing, but clearly I''m missing whatever I need to get past square one. We''ll be working on Leopard boxes, with clean and up-to-date gem installs across the board. Most of our coding is in TextMate, and the cucumber gem works AOK already. All the gems seem to be here, and the example files in the cucumber repository work as expected. But I''m not understanding what a minimal setup for a NEW project should be. * I need a Rakefile... but with what exactly in it? Many of the examples are different, and at least a few fail to run on my box (but that''s external dependencies). What''s the bare minimum I need to have in a plain, empty Rakefile? * A cucumber.yml file, which as I understand it is only needed if I want to set params away from defaults. * A "fixtures" directory... but with what necessary subdirectories in it? * A "lib" directory sometimes... but not in all examples? Am I missing a simple generator script somewhere in the base cucumber install? NOT for Rails -- just for a plain Ruby project? Thanks very much. Again, all I''d really like to do is see a noobs'' walkthrough like: (1) create an empty project directory (2) build standard directory tree (3) clone in standard Rakefile (4) get started speccing. (2) and (3) are my problem. Thanks much! ----- Bill Tozier AIM:vaguery at mac.com ? Twitter:Vaguery http://williamtozier.com/slurry "The brotherhood of man is not a mere poet''s dream; it is a most depressing and humiliating reality." -- Oscar Wilde
On Oct 17, 2008, at 8:34 PM, William Tozier wrote:> * A "fixtures" directory... but with what necessary subdirectories > in it?Sorry. Meant "features" directory. ----- Bill Tozier AIM:vaguery at mac.com ? Twitter:Vaguery http://williamtozier.com/slurry "The brotherhood of man is not a mere poet''s dream; it is a most depressing and humiliating reality." -- Oscar Wilde
On Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 2:34 AM, William Tozier <bill at williamtozier.com> wrote:> I''m trying to set up cucumber so we can try it in some Ruby automation > scripts I''m working on. These will be straight Ruby, for use in BBEdit and > TextMate (on the Mac). > > NOT Rails. > > The big early-stage stumbling block I''m having is setting up the initial > Rakefile and directory structure. I think I''m rtfm''ing, but clearly I''m > missing whatever I need to get past square one. > > We''ll be working on Leopard boxes, with clean and up-to-date gem installs > across the board. Most of our coding is in TextMate, and the cucumber gem > works AOK already. All the gems seem to be here, and the example files in > the cucumber repository work as expected. > > But I''m not understanding what a minimal setup for a NEW project should be. > > * I need a Rakefile... but with what exactly in it? Many of the examples are > different, and at least a few fail to run on my box (but that''s external > dependencies). What''s the bare minimum I need to have in a plain, empty > Rakefile?This: http://github.com/aslakhellesoy/cucumber/tree/master/examples/calculator/Rakefile> * A cucumber.yml file, which as I understand it is only needed if I want to > set params away from defaults.You don''t need that - I''ve removed it from the Calculator example since it might be confusing for newcomers.> * A "fixtures" directory... but with what necessary subdirectories in it?features/ +--*.features +--steps/ +--*_steps.rb> * A "lib" directory sometimes... but not in all examples?Using lib is just a Ruby/Ruby gems convention. You should adjust your $LOAD_PATH to include it. Some examples are simple, so they have the code straight in the steps file. I thought it was obvious that this is not what you''d do on a real project, but rather stick it in lib like 98% of all other Ruby projects do.> > Am I missing a simple generator script somewhere in the base cucumber > install? NOT for Rails -- just for a plain Ruby project? >There is none - you''re the first to ask for it.> Thanks very much. Again, all I''d really like to do is see a noobs'' > walkthrough like: > (1) create an empty project directory > (2) build standard directory tree > (3) clone in standard Rakefile > (4) get started speccing. > > (2) and (3) are my problem. >Please file individual tickets for things you''re missing (docs, generator) and someone will hopefully get to it. Aslak> Thanks much! > ----- > Bill Tozier > AIM:vaguery at mac.com ? Twitter:Vaguery > http://williamtozier.com/slurry > > "The brotherhood of man is not a mere poet''s dream; it is a most depressing > and humiliating reality." > -- Oscar Wilde > > > > _______________________________________________ > rspec-users mailing list > rspec-users at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users >
On Oct 18, 2008, at 2:45 AM, aslak hellesoy wrote:> On Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 2:34 AM, William Tozier <bill at williamtozier.com > > wrote: >> * I need a Rakefile... but with what exactly in it? Many of the >> examples are >> different, and at least a few fail to run on my box (but that''s >> external >> dependencies). What''s the bare minimum I need to have in a plain, >> empty >> Rakefile? > > This: http://github.com/aslakhellesoy/cucumber/tree/master/examples/calculator/RakefileThis was the one I had cut-and-pasted in a hand-cooked project that acytually ran, but it might be useful to have some prescriptive word- based infrastructure somewhere that says so. Will ticket it.>> Am I missing a simple generator script somewhere in the base cucumber >> install? NOT for Rails -- just for a plain Ruby project? >>>> Thanks very much. Again, all I''d really like to do is see a noobs'' >> walkthrough like: >> (1) create an empty project directory >> (2) build standard directory tree >> (3) clone in standard Rakefile >> (4) get started speccing. >> >> (2) and (3) are my problem. >> > > Please file individual tickets for things you''re missing (docs, > generator) and someone will hopefully get to it.Will do. AOK here now. Thanks. ----- Bill Tozier AIM:vaguery at mac.com ? Twitter:Vaguery http://williamtozier.com/slurry "The brotherhood of man is not a mere poet''s dream; it is a most depressing and humiliating reality." -- Oscar Wilde