Should I make plugin tests project-independent?

Hi,

I'm working on  a patch for the official auto_complete
plugin. I
noticed that a lot of the new plugins (e.g. acts_as_tree)
are set up
to be testable outside of a rails project. Is this now
considered best
practice? If so I'll make that change while I'm working on
the plugin.

Thanks,
Krishna

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On Oct 23, 11:49 pm, "Krishna Dole"
<dontf...gmail.com> wrote:
> Is this now considered best practice?

Yes. However, there is no real official way to do it.

At some point there may be an official plugin_test_helper
you'll be
able to require. Maybe I'll look into this kind of thing
this week.


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On 10/23/07, Krishna Dole <dontfallgmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm working on  a patch for the official auto_complete
plugin. I
> noticed that a lot of the new plugins (e.g.
acts_as_tree) are set up
> to be testable outside of a rails project. Is this now
considered best
> practice? If so I'll make that change while I'm working
on the plugin.

I think it's preferable if you can assume that the rails gem
is
available.  Some kind of plugin test helper would indeed be
pretty
nice though.  Have it check for vendor/rails or a specific
GEM version
(or not, if it's an edge-only plugin).


-- 
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weenie.net
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Thanks for the quick response, Josh and Rick.

Krishna

On 10/23/07, Rick Olson <technoweeniegmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 10/23/07, Krishna Dole <dontfallgmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm working on  a patch for the official
auto_complete plugin. I
> > noticed that a lot of the new plugins (e.g.
acts_as_tree) are set up
> > to be testable outside of a rails project. Is this
now considered best
> > practice? If so I'll make that change while I'm
working on the plugin.
>
> I think it's preferable if you can assume that the
rails gem is
> available.  Some kind of plugin test helper would
indeed be pretty
> nice though.  Have it check for vendor/rails or a
specific GEM version
> (or not, if it's an edge-only plugin).
>
>
> --
> Rick Olson
> http://lighthouseapp.com

> http://weblog.techno-
weenie.net
> http://mephistoblog.com
>
> >
>

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We released a plugin/gem that provides support for this type
of thing:

http:/
/wiki.pluginaweek.org/Plugin_test_helper

We use it in many of our own plugins.

On Oct 24, 12:59 am, Josh Peek <joshp...gmail.com> wrote:
> On Oct 23, 11:49 pm, "Krishna Dole"
<dontf...gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Is this now considered best practice?
>
> Yes. However, there is no real official way to do it.
>
> At some point there may be an official
plugin_test_helper you'll be
> able to require. Maybe I'll look into this kind of
thing this week.


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I should mention here are a few examples of its usage
(besides the
README):

htt
p://svn.practical.cc/plugins/acts_as_tokenized
http://svn.pluginaweek.org
/trunk/plugins/active_record/attributes/encrypted_attributes


On Oct 24, 12:59 pm, Aaron Pfeifer <aaron.pfei...gmail.com> wrote:
> We released a plugin/gem that provides support for this
type of thing:
>
> http:/
/wiki.pluginaweek.org/Plugin_test_helper
>
> We use it in many of our own plugins.
>
> On Oct 24, 12:59 am, Josh Peek <joshp...gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Oct 23, 11:49 pm, "Krishna Dole"
<dontf...gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > Is this now considered best practice?
>
> > Yes. However, there is no real official way to do
it.
>
> > At some point there may be an official
plugin_test_helper you'll be
> > able to require. Maybe I'll look into this kind of
thing this week.


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