RSpec... Your doing it wrong... RoRoSYD Lightning Talk October 2013

A not so subtle lighting talk from RoRoSyd.

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1. rspec...
   youre
   doing it
   wrong...
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6. youre
   doing it wrong!
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7. • Don’t use it { should do_thing }
   • Don’t write describe Class do ... end
   • Do write actually descriptive text
   • Do use describe and context and nest
   • Do use your judgement
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9. youre
   doing it wrong!
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10. • Not. A. Unit. Test.
    • Why are you testing something that’s
    beyond your control?
    • What value is this giving you?
    • Where is this of most use anyway?
    • Find the best value for your code.
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12. youre
    doing it wrong!
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15. youre
    doing it wrong!
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17. • Asthetics are personal.
    • RSpec is meta.
    • RSpec is sugar.
    • RSpec is happyness.
    • Ruby is meta.
    • Ruby is sugar.
    • Ruby is happyness.
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19. youre
    doing it wrong!
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20. A theory
    is impossible to
    prove
    but
    Easy to disprove...
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24. thanks
    @jonrowe
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25. BONUS
    ROUND...
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27. youre
    doing it wrong!
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28. • Write more unit tests...
    • Write more specalised tests...
    • Don’t use rspec-rails
    • Do use Rails 4
    • Do consider the value of the tests
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