Alloy Code - Learning RSpec, Part II
july 2009 by timriley
Tests for XML handling in rails controllers.
rails
testing
rspec
xml
controllers
july 2009 by timriley
Speculating with Shoulda — GIANT ROBOTS SMASHING INTO OTHER GIANT ROBOTS
february 2009 by timriley
Shoulda integrating with rspec.
testunit
testing
rails
rspec
february 2009 by timriley
wincent.com: Getting spec mate to work reliably with TextMate
november 2008 by timriley
How to fix yet another problem with the RSpec runner in textmate.
rspec
textmate
bundles
november 2008 by timriley
rspec_validation_expectations gem released
august 2008 by timriley
I just released a new gem on GitHub that provides some common validation expectations to rspec. Instead of writing specs to verify that your models are handling validation correctly, these expectations simply check that the validation is getting declared correctly in your model.
rails
testing
rspec
validation
activerecord
bestpractice
august 2008 by timriley
new controller examples
july 2008 by timriley
"Clarity over DRY" is a good way to summarise the approach we take with a lot of our specs.
rails
rspec
scaffolds
testing
controllers
july 2008 by timriley
James on Software: Gems I've Known and Loved #1: Expectations
june 2008 by timriley
Most rspec examples start with a description, then have code that clearly repeats exactly the same thing. How about saving some space and time by naming your tests with code? This would also help with the one assertion per example rule.
rails
rspec
testing
gems
bestpractice
june 2008 by timriley
rubyphunk - Hello world: Introducing RSpactor
april 2008 by timriley
Blog intro to RSpactor.
ruby
rails
autotest
rspec
leopard
macosx
testing
april 2008 by timriley
RSpactor - Gitorious
april 2008 by timriley
Autotest for specs only, using the OS X Leopard-only FSEvent to monitor the filesystem and avoid autotest's costly polling.
rails
rspec
testing
tools
autotest
macosx
leopard
april 2008 by timriley
meetteem » Blog Archive » RSpec tmbundle errors
april 2008 by timriley
Necessary steps to get command+r to properly run your current spec inside textmate. I wonder why it's broken like this...
textmate
rails
rspec
bundles
april 2008 by timriley
Pluit Solutions » Blog Archive » Testing flash.now in Rails
april 2008 by timriley
How to test flash.now properly in your specs. Monkey patch time!
rails
rspec
flash
flash.now
april 2008 by timriley
#98 [#11834] Fake Controller Flash object [rspec]
april 2008 by timriley
How to test flash.now properly in your specs. Monkey patch time!
rails
rspec
flash
flash.now
april 2008 by timriley
Unit tests don’t guarantee that your system works « Codeshooter’s Weblog
march 2008 by timriley
Sometimes you just have to have integration tests (ones that touch the DB) in your model tests, particularly if you need to make sure validations are doing what you expect.
rails
testing
rspec
database
mocks
activerecord
validation
march 2008 by timriley
CitrusByte What's that? RSpec Haml Scaffolds? Yes, it is!
march 2008 by timriley
Scaffolds generating rspec + haml, yeah!
haml
rspec
rails
scaffolds
plugins
march 2008 by timriley
TextMate Blog " File Type Detection (RSpec & Rails)
february 2008 by timriley
Make TextMate recognise your RSpec files from the get-go.
via:hughevans
rails
textmate
rspec
macosx
february 2008 by timriley
Not A Hat—Not A Mock
february 2008 by timriley
A cleaner and DRYer alternative to mocking and stubbing with RSpec.
rails
plugins
testing
rspec
mocks
bestpractice
february 2008 by timriley
Effectively communicating your expectations with RSpec
september 2007 by timriley
Writing rspec helpers that match the language you use in the freeform description of your behaviour.
rspec
testing
tips
september 2007 by timriley
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