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I am setting up a rails app and I just finished making some unit tests and my friend said that apparently fixtures are no longer cool and people are now using RSpec or shoulda. I was wondering what the actual benefits are to use these other toolkits. Any information at all is appreciated.
-fREW
RSpec and similar frameworks are tooling designed to aid in Behavior Driven Development. They’re not just a prettier way to write tests, though they do help with that.
There is plenty of information on BDD here: http://behaviour-driven.org/ And wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behavior_Driven_Development
There are too many benefits to list here, so I’d recommend browsing that site a little.