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Rigorous Ruby
Design, verify, and safely refactor your Ruby code using mature testing disciplines and practices.
Re-Run Just the Tests That Failed
A test-driven development workflow is only effective when it gives you quick, meaningful feedback. Check out these power-user facilities for RSpec and…
Sprout Class
In the conclusion of a three-part series, we discover the final piece of the "testing private methods" puzzle.
Testing with Coat Hangers
What happens when you try to TDD new functionality deep inside a private method? The resulting tests can feel terribly awkward and brittle.
TDD is easy! – with Michal Taszycki
Have you ever heard someone say that TDD is just "too hard" to get started with on some platform? Watch Michal Taszycki put this fear to bed once and …
Mocking Smells 4
As we continue examining code smells in mockist tests, today we turn our attention to code that mocks out core I/O calls.
Consequences
In today's episode we'll meet an application written without tests, and discover the repercussions of that decision.
Gem-Love Part 11
Finishing up my list of TODO items, today I address some structural coupling that my test stubs have revealed.
This is a live episode, so no script to…
Gem-Love Part 10
Note: This week RubyTapas moves to its new release schedule of two episodes a week. I've already sent out an update detailing the reason for the chan…