Isolated Fixtures Matthew Bellantoni [email_address] Boston Ruby Group March 13, 2007

What is it? Independent fixture sets for each unit and functional Unit::TestCase

Why do I care? Now Create fixtures without breaking tests Create fixtures faster Later Fixtures are easier to understand

Now

Create fixtures without breaking tests

Create fixtures faster

Later

Fixtures are easier to understand

How do I install it? 1. Create test/test_helper/fixtures.rb 2. Include from test/test_helper.rb bp = File.dirname(__FILE__) fp = File.expand_path(bp + "/test_helper/fixtures") require fp

How do I use it? 1. Include in your test in place of fixtures require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../test_helper' class UserAnalyticsTest < Test::Unit::TestCase isolated_fixtures :users, :active_days def test_something ...

How do I use it? 2. Create fixtures for UserAnalyticsTest test/fixtures/user_analytics/users.yml test/fixtures/user_analytics/active_days.yml

Where can I get the code? http://blog.spotstory.com [email_address]

Notes & Issues Only tested on Rails 1.1.6 Rails 1.2 may have solved this problem? Sorta kinda violates DRY? Unacceptably hacky?

Only tested on Rails 1.1.6

Rails 1.2 may have solved this problem?

Sorta kinda violates DRY?

Unacceptably hacky?

Questions or comments?

Isolated Fixtures Matthew Bellantoni [email_address] Boston Ruby Group March 13, 2007