Welcome back to RSpec

Transcript

1. RSPEC TO WELCOME BACK @tomstuart / LRUG / 2014-07-14

2. a testing library for Ruby RSpec

3. August 2005 RSpec 0.1 May 2007 RSpec 1.0 October 2010

   RSpec 2.0 June 2014 RSpec 3.0

4. FYI:

5. None
6. None

7. • it started as an experiment, now it’s become mature

   • it used to be all over the place, now it’s much more focused • it used to be adventurous, now it’s more conservative • now’s a great time to [re]try it!

8. RSpec 2: more modular

9. rspec

10. rspec-core

11. “provides the structure for RSpec code examples”

12. examples and example groups

13. spec runner

14. metadata and filtering

15. rspec-expectations

16. “Provides a simple, readable API to express expected outcomes of

    a code example”

17. rspec-mocks

18. “RSpec’s ‘test double’ framework, with support for stubbing and mocking”

19. stubs

20. mocks

21. rspec-core + rspec-expectations + rspec-mocks =

22. RSpec 3: cleaner, smarter

23. spring cleaning

24. no more monkey patching

25. verifying doubles

26. composable matchers

27. • mature • simpler, cleaner, more focused • world-class components

    • use the bits you like, ignore the bits you don’t like, bring your own other bits • conscientious, friendly, helpful maintainers

28. thanks! @tomstuart / tom@codon.com