RSpec... Your doing it wrong... RoRoSYD Lightning Talk October 2013

A not so subtle lighting talk from RoRoSyd.

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1. rspec... youre doing it wrong... Tuesday, 8 October 13
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6. youre doing it wrong! Tuesday, 8 October 13
7. • Don’t use it { should do_thing } • Don’t write describe Class do ... end • Do write actually descriptive text • Do use describe and context and nest • Do use your judgement Tuesday, 8 October 13
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9. youre doing it wrong! Tuesday, 8 October 13
10. • Not. A. Unit. Test. • Why are you testing something that’s beyond your control? • What value is this giving you? • Where is this of most use anyway? • Find the best value for your code. Tuesday, 8 October 13
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12. youre doing it wrong! Tuesday, 8 October 13
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17. • Asthetics are personal. • RSpec is meta. • RSpec is sugar. • RSpec is happyness. • Ruby is meta. • Ruby is sugar. • Ruby is happyness. Tuesday, 8 October 13
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19. youre doing it wrong! Tuesday, 8 October 13
20. A theory is impossible to prove but Easy to disprove... Tuesday, 8 October 13
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24. thanks @jonrowe Tuesday, 8 October 13
25. BONUS ROUND... Tuesday, 8 October 13
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27. youre doing it wrong! Tuesday, 8 October 13
28. • Write more unit tests... • Write more specalised tests... • Don’t use rspec-rails • Do use Rails 4 • Do consider the value of the tests Tuesday, 8 October 13