Question

I have a complex transaction process I want to test using RSpec. I would like to have some checking after each step. I only know how to test them in separate actions. So in each step, I have to add actions I already specified in previous steps as follow:

it "should add money to account A through deposit"
  a.deposit(10)
  a.balance.should == 10
end

it "should subtract money from A through transfer"
  a.deposit(10)
  a.transfer b, 5
  a.balance.should == 5
  b.balance.should == 5
end

it "should reverse transaction through reverse"
  a.deposit(10)
  a.transfer b, 5
  a.reserve b, 5
  a.balance.should == 10
  b. balance.should == 10
end

What I want to do is:

it "should perform a series of actions successfully"
  a.deposit(10)
   # checking here
  a.transfer b, 5
    # checking here
  a.reserve b, 5
    # checking here  
end

Is it possible to do?

Thank you

Answer 1

Your original tests are actually better, because if one fails you’ll have a better understanding of where the problem was. If you want to reduce the duplication between each test, use before(:each)