The Testing Mindset
The Testing Mindset This guest post is contributed by Noel Rappin, who is a Senior Consultant with Obtiva, and has been a professional web developer for a dozen years. He is the author of four technical books. The most recent, Rails Test Prescriptions, is available for purchase at http://www.pragprog.com/titles/nrtest/rails-test-prescriptions. Noel has a Ph.D. from the...
Back in the Saddle Again
A number of updates, since it’s been a while since I posted anything remotely update-y.
First off, as those of you who follow me on twitter already know, there’s been a change in my employment status. Starting Monday, I’ll be worki...
A Given/When/Then Test Framework
Jim Weirich put up a potential Ruby test framework that steals the Given/When/Then syntax from Cucumber. I spent some time noodling along similar lines some months back but never got very far with it. Interestingly, Jim’s proposal and my idea see...
Pragmatic Status and Some Q&A
I certainly hope some of you are wondering how the transition to the Pragmatic version of Rails Test Prescriptions is going. Here’s some notes.
Right up top, I want to mention that I’ll be presenting at Windy City Rails on September 12th...
Rails Test Prescriptions update version 7
Rails Test Prescriptions update 7 is now available.
The biggest changes are:
New chapter on Webrat
Expansion of my Pathfinder blog post on what to do when tests fail.
Also, a bunch of typo fixes and what not.
This is most likely the l...
Rails Test Prescriptions to be published by Pragmatic
Let’s lead with the headline:
Rails Test Prescriptions is going to be published by Pragmatic.
I’m very excited by this. I’ve wanted to work with Pragmatic for as long as they’ve been publishing books, and I’m thrille...
Version 006 Now Available
Well, it’s been way too long, but revision 006 is now up at Lulu and on the download page of this site.
The two biggest changes are a new chapter on Rcov, and a general read-through and edit of the entire manuscript. Here’s the entire ch...
Testing Practices Interview 7: Mike Gunderloy
The Testing Practices Interview series is back. Our interviewee is Mike Gunderloy, publisher of A Fresh Cup and member of the Rails Documentation Team.
Mike has recently released Rails Rescue Handbook, a guide to taking over Rails projects that have...
It’s been a while
Okay, it’s been a while since I’ve posted here and some things have built up. Here’s what’s going on.
Chicago Ruby Talk
First off, for those of you in and around Chicago, I’ll be presenting at a ChicagoRuby.org meeti...
Version 005 Now Available
This time around we have the following:
Long chapter on RSpec
Messed with the cover some more
Many typos fixed, courtesy of Dana Jones
The RSpec section turned out to be the longest in the book by far, and kind of crowded out anything els...
Coming Attractions
Here’s what’s up.
The next book update will be next week, either Sunday or Monday, depending on how the holiday weekend goes. The lineup:
New chapter on RSpec. This looks like it’s going to be… thorough. As with pretty m...
A Few Good Updates
For the rest of this week, I’m answering questions in the forums at Ruby Learning.org—stop by and ask a question if you’ve got one. Posters are eligible to win free copies of the book.
Unsurprisingly, RailsConf was something ...
