test::unit or rspec for newbies?

February 12, 2008

If a beginner was starting his ‘Rails journey’ should we advise traditional test::unit testing vs. new rspec testing… I think rspec is the future, and it’s now relatively stable, but it’s also more complicated + tricky than test::unit.

Would you advise newbies learn test::unit before rspec in order to more fully appreciate rspec?

I just gave advice not to test at all on first project, as learning Ruby + Rails is tough enough without trying to figure out testing… Did I goof?

What do you think? Chime in!