rspec users - Apr 2009 - How to write a feature that calls for a prompt?

Colfer, Brian wrote:
> I am writing a feature that will test an LDAP protected site.  I need to 
> login as my self with my real password.
When unit testing, thou shalt not hit the wire. Mock anything that goes further 
than your database.

Put another way, you are not going to refactor LDAP itself, or add features to 
it, so mocks should set the boundaries to what you do expect to refactor.

Phlip,

Ah, but I am not unit testing ... I am writing an acceptance test. I am
QA, not the developer and using cucumber to automate the functional and
acceptance tests.

Brian 

 

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Colfer, Brian wrote:
> I am writing a feature that will test an LDAP protected site.  I need 
> to login as my self with my real password.
When unit testing, thou shalt not hit the wire. Mock anything that goes
further than your database.

Put another way, you are not going to refactor LDAP itself, or add
features to it, so mocks should set the boundaries to what you do expect
to refactor.

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On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 1:58 PM, Colfer, Brian <bcolfer at shopping.com>
wrote:
> I am writing a feature that will test an LDAP protected site.? I need to
> login as my self with my real password.
>
> I''m thinking of writing a feature that looks something like this
>
> Feature: Login
>
> As a LDAP user
> I want to login
> And see the welcome banner
> So that I can know that I can login to the system
>
> Scenario: LDAP login
>
> Given a LDAP user
> When I go to the site "https://toolsite.domain.com"
> And I enter the login name "enter_login_name"
> And I enter the password "enter_password"
> Then I should see the welcome banner "Tool Site at Domain.com"
>
> I imagine that I can have a step that would look something like this?
>
> require ''highline/import''
> require ''my-user-def''
> require ''my-site-runner''
>
> Given /^a LDAP user$/ do
> ? @user.new
> end
>
> When /^I go to the site "([^\"]*)"$/ do |arg1|
> ? @site.goto(arg1)
> end
>
> When /^I enter the login name "([^\"]*)"$/ do |arg1|
> ? if arg1 == "enter_login_name"
> ????? @user.login_name = ask("Enter login name") {|q| q.echo =
true}
> ? end
> end
>
> When /^I enter the password "([^\"]*)"$/ do |arg1|
> ? if arg1 == "enter_password"
> ????? @user.password = ask("Enter password") {|q| q.echo = false}
> ? end
> end
>
> Then /^I should see the welcome banner "([^\"]*)"$/ do
|arg1|
> ? @site.text.include? arg1 == true
> end
>
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