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Discussion on: RSpec & Rails: what not to write in `it`

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R.J. Robinson

Would you be able to expand on what to write in these cases? RSpec is supposed to be very human-readable, so you make a lot of statements on what not to write. Could you explain why it's terrible to write #it statements like the exampled, and then explain what would be the better alternative and why? I like the idea of your post, just looking for the value you are trying to add. Seems like an angry tweet currently.

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Vasily Polovnyov

Could you explain why it's terrible to write #it statements like the exampled, and then explain what would be the better alternative and why?

Sure, please have another look at the updated post:
dev.to/vasily/rspec-rails-what-not...

I also added further reading: Better Specs and RSpec Style Guide.

What do you think?

I like the idea of your post, just looking for the value you are trying to add. Seems like an angry tweet currently.

Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to make it angry or preachy. I'm not a native speaker, so I tried to make it short in order to avoid spelling and grammar mistakes :-)