URUG Testing Primer

Slides for a presentation introducing testing given to the Utah Valley Ruby Brigade in July 2011.

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1. TESTING PRIMER Making sense of TDD and BDD
2. WHY TEST?
3. COST PER CHANGE (BUGS, NEW FEATURES, ETC) Cost Time Non-TDD TDD
4. COST PER TEST Models Controllers/Routes Views/Helpers Application In Browser
5. ROI PER TEST Models Controllers/Routes Views/Helpers Application In Browser
6. CORRELATION In Browser Acceptance Tests ??? Cucumber Capybara Selenium Application Acceptance Tests IntegrationTest ??? Cucumber Capybara Selenium Views & Helpers Integration Tests ActionView::TestCase RSpec Controllers & Routes Integration Tests ActionController::TestCase RSpec Model Unit Tests ActiveRecord::TestCase RSpec
7. MAXIMIZE VALUE