Testing with Rspec on Rails

Introduction to Testing

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1. Testing with RSpec on Rails
2. Why testing? • Delivery with confident • Know your application flow • Regression testing • Leads to a more manageable codebase • YOLO!
3. The “spec” folder ? ? ?
4. Feature specs • AKA Integration Testing • AKA Acceptance Testing • AKA End-to-end testing • Walk through your entire application • Fully automated with Capybara • features/ with RSpec
5. Controller specs • Testing for multiple paths • Check for invalid variables in the controller • Easier to write
6. Model specs • Unit Testing • ‘.class_method’ • ‘#instance_method’
7. Routing specs • Write tests for route.rb • To test the available routes • Especially useful for large application • Easiest to implement
8. Factories • Factory Girl • Fixtures replacement • Setting up Ruby objects as test data • Good for building multiple strategies • saved instances (create) • unsaved instance (build) • attribute hashes (attributes_for) • Alternatively, Fabrication
9. Tools • Guard • Faker • Capybara • selenium / capybara-webkit • database_cleaner • shoulda-matchers • spring / zeus / spork
10. http://www.justinweiss.com/blog/2014/06/02/ how-to-learn-tdd-without-getting-overwhelmed/ How to Learn TDD Without Getting Overwhelmed?
11. Everyday Rails Testing with RSpec http://everydayrails.com/rspecbook/ References
12. http://betterspecs.org/ References
13. Questions?