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Ruby

Posted by davidalvarado
davidalvarado
7,544 Points

Ruby/Rails testing.. what's the logic? Is it just me or am I crazy...

Ok..I understand the concept of TDD, but it really seems to me like a lot of wasted time seeing that you're writing like 5 times more code writing a test to test one or two lines of code, seems like overkill. Is this method of testing a good example of real world Rails development and testing? Just my two cents, I'm sure someone here has more experience on the subject than me.... Thanks

2 Answers

davidalvarado
davidalvarado
7,544 Points
davidalvarado
davidalvarado
7,544 Points

I get that it's important habit to develop, I just think in this tutorial it's a bit overkill. There was what over 200 lines of test code just to test a controller with 40 lines? I agree that maybe a module just on testing would be good. I feel like I really wanted more info as to why certain things were being done in the controller and models as opposed to "this is what I'm going to do" without knowing a little more about why. All in all this is a good track but I think by the end of it you feel like you want more why as opposed to "dear god not another test".....just my 2 cents

Brandon Barrette
Brandon Barrette
20,485 Points
Brandon Barrette
Brandon Barrette
20,485 Points

It's a good habit to get into. You will write stronger and more robust code if you test it before it goes live to your users.

I think a simple example would be the Affordable Care Act website. Not tested very well and failed miserably.

I've definitely not written tests for all my code and have run into problems with things appearing to work, but really throwing errors.

I would really like to see a whole course on here about how to write really good tests and what gems might help one do that.