I've been working in Rails since 1.2, and the vast majority of developers I've met have been of the opinion that cucumber sucks. There's a really vocal minority on the internet though, so you'd get the impression that it's pretty popular.
That said, almost every rails project I've worked on has had the cucumber gem included at some point, just not actively used.
IMHO the vocal Rails community puts too much emphasis on testing. I write tests for my code, but not as many as some would like. The RSpec book in particular is a gigantic load of crap. And I say this as a fan of comprehensive tests! The ridiculous lengths that book goes through in testing that codebreaker game are so detached from reality it makes my head hurt.
That said, almost every rails project I've worked on has had the cucumber gem included at some point, just not actively used.
IMHO the vocal Rails community puts too much emphasis on testing. I write tests for my code, but not as many as some would like. The RSpec book in particular is a gigantic load of crap. And I say this as a fan of comprehensive tests! The ridiculous lengths that book goes through in testing that codebreaker game are so detached from reality it makes my head hurt.