Has anyone used Minitest::Spec withing a Rails functional test?

The spec library in Minitest is great. I've been able to use it within Rails unit tests no problem. However, Rails functional test inherit from ActionController::TestCase which provides instance variables like @controller in it's setup.

Has anyone been using the Minitest::Spec lib for their Rails functional tests?

If not, I'm considering creating a small library to do just that. I'm not too keen on rspec, and shoulda is starting to shift it's focus to rspec. It would be nice to 开发者_Python百科have something lightweight and built on tools already provided.

Thoughtbot have now split shoulda into shoulda_contexts and shoulda_matchers so the worry about a shift to rspec for thoughtbot doesn't mean shoulda contexts are going away. Just being maintained in the community.

Here's a simple test_helper rig to run functional & integration tests in Rails using spec syntax. Based on a gist by tenderlove, this excellent article about MiniTest with Capybara, & a lot of tinkering & source-poring.

https://gist.github.com/1607879

Maybe try http://metaskills.net/2011/03/26/using-minitest-spec-with-rails/.