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URUG Testing Primer

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July 01, 2012
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URUG Testing Primer

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

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Transcript

  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