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Why I use Guard

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May 26, 2016
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Why I use Guard

Lightning Talk given at Melbourne Ruby Meetup on 25 July, 2016

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May 26, 2016
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Transcript

  1. WHY I USE GUARD KEITH PITTY

  2. None

  3. WHY?

  4. None

  5. FAST AUTOMATIC FEEDBACK

  6. FIN!

  7. None
  8. None

  9. OH, OK …

  10. None

  11. HOW?

  12. guard-rspec

  13. REMEMBER AUTOTEST?

  14. GuardFile

  15. guard :rspec, cmd: 'zeus rspec' do watch('spec/spec_helper.rb') { "spec" }

    watch(%r{^spec/.+_spec\.rb$}) watch(%r{^app/(.+)\.rb$}) { |m| "spec/ #{m[1]_spec.rb" } # etc. end

  16. guard :rspec, cmd: 'zeus rspec'

  17. None
  18. None
  19. None

  20. < 1 SECOND

  21. None

  22. GuardFile

  23. CURATION

  24. watch('app/views/feeds/facebook/_encoded_content.erb') { "spec/controllers/feeds/facebook_controller_spec.rb" }

  25. WHEN A FILE CHANGES …

  26. AFFECTED TESTS RUN AUTOMATICALLY

  27. None

  28. FOCUS

  29. SPECIFIC TEST

  30. it "does what it should" do, focus: true # expect

    something end
  31. None

  32. FIRST 10 FAILED SPECS

  33. guard :rspec, cmd: 'zeus rspec', failed_mode: :focus do # etc.

    end

  34. guard-rspec

  35. FAST AUTOMATIC FEEDBACK

  36. None

  37. ALSO …

  38. guard-teaspoon

  39. guard-livereload

  40. guard-bundler

  41. guard-ctags-bundler

  42. AUTOMATION

  43. None

  44. NEXT?

  45. None

  46. guard-rubocop

  47. WHY DO I USE GUARD?

  48. FAST AUTOMATIC FEEDBACK

  49. UNDERSTAND NOW?

  50. None
  51. None

  52. THANK YOU!

  53. @keithpitty