test unit

A MiniTest::Spec Tutorial: Elegant Spec-Style Testing That Comes...

Ruby Inside  Fri, 09/02/2011 - 12:35

Despite RSpec's awesomeness, Test::Unit remains the most popular Ruby testing tool out there outside of Rails apps.


 

DHH Offended By RSpec, Says Test::Unit Is Just Great

Ruby Inside  Tue, 03/29/2011 - 17:47

As an outspoken and opinionated guy, David Heinemeier Hansson (a.k.a.

DHH), creator of Rails, is no stranger to a little bit of controversy.


 

Riot: for fast, expressive and focused unit tests

Ruby Inside  Sat, 10/31/2009 - 10:57

JustinRiot is a new Ruby test framework by Justin Knowlden that focuses on faster testing.

Justin was frustrated with his slow running test suites, despite employing techniques such as using factories, mocks and avoiding database access.

He realized that a slow-running suite makes one reluctant to run it or expand it - not good.


 

Coulda: A Cucumber-like DSL for BDD

Ruby Inside  Mon, 09/14/2009 - 11:30

cucumberEvan Light has recently pushed his Coulda project to Github - it's a test framework based on Test::Unit, inspired by Cucumber, Shoulda and Thor.


 

Turbocharge Your Ruby Testing with Parallel Specs

Ruby Inside  Tue, 07/28/2009 - 16:02

bearonshark.pngIn Make Your Test Suite UNCOMFORTABLY FAST! (called "the best blog post ever written" by one commenter) Jason Morrison of Thoughtbot demonstrates how to use Michael Grosser's Parallel Specs project to speed up your


 

Make any Ruby object Rack-friendly with Rackable

Ruby Inside  Mon, 07/20/2009 - 14:38

rackFrançois Vaux has recently published a Ruby module called Rackable which allows you to make any Ruby object Rack-friendly, providing it with a REST-like interface.


 

Shoulda Roundup: Elegant, Maintainable Ruby Testing

Ruby Inside  Tue, 05/05/2009 - 12:33

It been a few weeks since Shoulda's 2.10 release so it's a good time to round up some of the new features and the best articles covering Shoulda.