rspec users - Jul 2010 - How do I setup Rspec, Cucumber to test a Gem?

Hi,

my question unwields me as a complete noob - which is okay - but I
apologize for this totally basic question <:)

I''ve bought the PragProg Rspec Book and googled, been reading blogs and
what-have-I-not, but nowhere have I been able to find information
detailing how I setup a BDD environment for testing the construction of
a Gem.

I have a ../gem_folder which I hope eventually will be a Gem to use with
Rails 3 and I really would like to upload it to GitHub with a good test
coverage.
>From the Rspec Book  I''ve learned that within Rails Apps, I use
Cucumber
and WebRat (among others) - but the book does not (or at least I?ve not
been able to discover it) show how to setup the environment, without the
Rails App.

I guess my question could boil down to: how do I create the environment
(folders, files) to test a Gem meant to work with Rails?

So far I have:

../gem_folder
../gem_folder/features
../gem_folder/lib
../gem_folder/pkg
../gem_folder/spec

and a few files like Rakefile, Manifest, CHANGELOG, LICENSE - and I''m
able to push to Gemcutter and GitHub

but where in this picture does the Rails App fit in? How do I make sure
that the Gem will work went installed/utilized on Rails App''s

best regards,
Walther
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On 19 Jul 2010, at 19:05, Walther Diechmann wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> my question unwields me as a complete noob - which is okay - but I
> apologize for this totally basic question <:)
> 
> I''ve bought the PragProg Rspec Book and googled, been reading
blogs and
> what-have-I-not, but nowhere have I been able to find information
> detailing how I setup a BDD environment for testing the construction of
> a Gem.
> 
> I have a ../gem_folder which I hope eventually will be a Gem to use with
> Rails 3 and I really would like to upload it to GitHub with a good test
> coverage.
> 
> From the Rspec Book  I''ve learned that within Rails Apps, I use
Cucumber
> and WebRat (among others) - but the book does not (or at least I?ve not
> been able to discover it) show how to setup the environment, without the
> Rails App.
> 
> I guess my question could boil down to: how do I create the environment
> (folders, files) to test a Gem meant to work with Rails?
> 
> So far I have:
> 
> ../gem_folder
> ../gem_folder/features
> ../gem_folder/lib
> ../gem_folder/pkg
> ../gem_folder/spec
> 
> and a few files like Rakefile, Manifest, CHANGELOG, LICENSE - and
I''m
> able to push to Gemcutter and GitHub
> 
> but where in this picture does the Rails App fit in? How do I make sure
> that the Gem will work went installed/utilized on Rails App''s
> 
> best regards,
> Walther
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The rspec-rails gem is probably a good example for you to read for ideas.

http://github.com/rspec/rspec-rails/tree/master
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cheers,
Matt

http://blog.mattwynne.net
+44(0)7974 430184

Walther Diechmann wrote:
> Hi,
>
> my question unwields me as a complete noob - which is okay - but I
> apologize for this totally basic question <:)
>
> I''ve bought the PragProg Rspec Book and googled, been reading
blogs and
> what-have-I-not, but nowhere have I been able to find information
> detailing how I setup a BDD environment for testing the construction of
> a Gem.
>
> I have a ../gem_folder which I hope eventually will be a Gem to use with
> Rails 3 and I really would like to upload it to GitHub with a good test
> coverage.
>
> From the Rspec Book  I''ve learned that within Rails Apps, I use
Cucumber
> and WebRat (among others) - but the book does not (or at least I?ve not
> been able to discover it) show how to setup the environment, without the
> Rails App.
>
> I guess my question could boil down to: how do I create the environment
> (folders, files) to test a Gem meant to work with Rails?
>
> So far I have:
>
> ../gem_folder
> ../gem_folder/features
> ../gem_folder/lib
> ../gem_folder/pkg
> ../gem_folder/spec
>
> and a few files like Rakefile, Manifest, CHANGELOG, LICENSE - and
I''m
> able to push to Gemcutter and GitHub
>
> but where in this picture does the Rails App fit in? How do I make sure
> that the Gem will work went installed/utilized on Rails App''s
>
> best regards,
> Walther
>   
I like using jeweler to create the structure of my gems.  It is like 
Rail''s generators but for gems.  Try it out:

gem install jeweler
jeweler my_gem --rspec --cucumber


HTH,
Ben

Ben Mabey wrote:
> I like using jeweler to create the structure of my gems.  It is like
> Rail''s generators but for gems.  Try it out:
> 
> gem install jeweler
> jeweler my_gem --rspec --cucumber
> 
> 
> HTH,
> Ben
not really - but thanks for offering help <:)

I followed the Rspec Book, railscast''s on the subject and used echoe
and
jeweller and had myself a genuine push''able Gem -

but as my question was: how for Pete''s sake am I going to be able to 
test Rails Controllers and Rails Models?

(even tried reading the rspec-rails gem as suggested by matt wynne - and 
implementing parts from that. I partly see where dchelimsky is going, 
but it''s just to complex to me, alas)

- anyways, I''m on my 4th day on this gem-quest - and about to fold and 
walk away with the knowledge that testing is just a tad out of my league 
<:/

But - thanks a bunch for trying to steer me afloat :)

/Walther
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