Best way to test tasks

Testing RSpec
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I have a task that runs frequently in order to get/import data from
another
system.
Because of this I wanted to know which is the best way to test tasks in
order to create the tests needed.

Thanks in advance.

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On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 4:41 PM, Piter F. [email protected] wrote:

I have a task that runs frequently in order to get/import data from another
system.
Because of this I wanted to know which is the best way to test tasks in
order to create the tests needed.

Thanks in advance.

Assuming you are asking about rake tasks… I typically extract the
body of the task into a method and then test that method. This
typically leaves the rake task very thin and I do not worry about
testing the task itself.

Best,
Michael G.

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On Aug 2, 2011, at 4:41 PM, Piter F. wrote:

I have a task that runs frequently in order to get/import data from another
system.
Because of this I wanted to know which is the best way to test tasks in order to
create the tests needed.

Thanks in advance.

I write simple objects that implement the behavior I want. Then I write
rake tasks that instantiate and use those objects. I don’t write
automated tests for the tasks because they are thin layers over my
well-tested objects.

Pat

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You are right, I’m talking about rake task.
So the idea is to make an Importer object, do the unit test for that
object
and then the task just calls the methods of the objects right?

Thanks a lot for the help, really appreciate it.

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On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 5:52 PM, Piter F. [email protected] wrote:

objects.

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namespace :importer do
task :import do
Importer.import
end
end

describe Importer do
describe ‘.import’ do
…