rspec users - Apr 2010 - Spec templates

David et al,

Has anyone ever toyed with the idea of templates for specs? I have a 
relative consistent way of specing models, controllers, etc, and 
invariably, I have to delete the stock code that the rspec generator 
creates and add a bunch of stuff that I always want. I was just thinking 
it would be nice of there were a way to have my own template for models, 
controllers, etc and not have to do so much repetitive work for every 
spec. Maybe it could be as easy as having a folder such as

spec/templates

and in that have

model_spec.rb
controller_spec.rb
view_spec.rb
helper_spec.rb

There would have to be a bit of standardization regarding placeholders 
in those files, but it shouldn''t be unbearable, especially considering 
what it could offer.

Thoughts?

Peace,
Phillip

On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 5:32 PM, Phillip Koebbe <phillipkoebbe at
gmail.com> wrote:
> ?David et al,
>
> Has anyone ever toyed with the idea of templates for specs? I have a
> relative consistent way of specing models, controllers, etc, and
invariably,
> I have to delete the stock code that the rspec generator creates and add a
> bunch of stuff that I always want. I was just thinking it would be nice of
> there were a way to have my own template for models, controllers, etc and
> not have to do so much repetitive work for every spec. Maybe it could be as
> easy as having a folder such as
>
> spec/templates
>
> and in that have
>
> model_spec.rb
> controller_spec.rb
> view_spec.rb
> helper_spec.rb
>
> There would have to be a bit of standardization regarding placeholders in
> those files, but it shouldn''t be unbearable, especially
considering what it
> could offer.
>
> Thoughts?
You could always define your own generators with your own templates.
I''d probably try that first and see how well it works.

Cheers,
-foca

> Peace,
> Phillip
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> You could always define your own generators with your own templates.
> I''d probably try that first and see how well it works.
>
> Cheers,
> -foca
>
That''s a good idea, foca. Thanks. I''ll give it a try.

Peace,
Phillip