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RSpec gives us many powerful tools to make our tests readable. Matchers allow us to provide custom predicates to our should statements that succinctly define the behavior of our code.

Shoulda is a framework that sits on top of Test::Unit and adds a ton of nice features like macro’s, nested context, and the ability to create custom tests in a block-based DSL.

A/B Testing (or Split Testing) is a way to experiment with variations in an application to see the most effective option.

The Cucumber behavior-driven development framework is appreciated by developers from many languages. It makes it easy to write plain-text stories that run executable Ruby code against your application. In this hour and ten minute screencast, you’ll learn the basics of Cucumber. You’ll learn the syntax, organization, and philosophy of writing...

For our first in the series of ’same kata, multiple languages,’ we have a treat for everyone, Gabriele Lana is doing it in Erlang. Gabriele Lana is a software journeyman living in Milan (Italy). Since 1998 he works as a developer and consultant. In 2000 he started using Agile practices in real time and embedded industries, proving their effectiveness [...]

Here, at long last, is a recording of the Prime Factors Kata in Ruby, done to the tune of the Flower Duet from Lakme’.  This version is much more polished than previous versions, though is still not perfect.  It will take many more weeks of practice to perfect. Many things have changed since the last version.  [...]

With Rspec and Cucumber, Ruby has brought testing to a whole new level, but tests still require a lot of work. But things just got better. Llewellyn Falco will show you new patterns and practices to dramatically decrease the amount of effort needed to test. Bonus content: download the slides from this talk.

Sometimes bad code slips into production and triggers a 500 error. Learn how to be notified of this and resolve it through integration tests.

Il Test-Driven Development (TDD) si è affermato negli ultimi anni come una delle novità più interessanti emerse in seno alla comunità di Extreme Programming (XP). Il TDD costituisce una tecnica di sviluppo molto efficace, ma richiede anche molta pratica per essere padroneggiata appieno. In questo corso il Coach XP, Piergiuliano...

Pickle adds many convenient Cucumber steps for generating models. Also learn about table diffs in this episode.