Rails Test Prescriptions by Rappin, Noel -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Rails Test Prescriptions Table of Contents Part 1 Getting Started with Testing in Rails 1: The Goals of Automated Developer Testing

A Testing Fable Who Are You? The Power of Testing First What Is TDD Good For? When TDD Needs Some Help Coming Up Next... Acknowledgments

2: The Basics of Rails Testing

What ’s a Test? What Goes in a Test? Setup and Teardown What Can You Test in Rails? What Happens When Tests Run? Running the Rails Tests More Info: Getting Data into the Test Beyond the Basics

3: Writing Your First Tests

The First Test-First The First Refactor More Validations Security Now! Applying Security Punishing Miscreants Road Map

4: TDD, Rails Style

Now for a View Test Testing the Project View: A Cascade of Tests So Far, So Good

Part 2 Testing Application Data 5: Testing Models with Rails Unit Tests

What ’s Available in a Model Test What to Test in a Model Test OK, Funny Man, What Is a Good Model Test Class? Asserting a Difference, or Not Testing Active Record Finders Coming Up Next

6: Creating Model Test Data with Fixtures and Factories

Defining Fixture Data Loading Fixture Data Why Fixtures Are a Pain Using Factories to Fix Fixtures Data Factories Installing factory_girl Creating and Using Simple Factories Sequencing for Unique Attributes Freedom of Association Factories of the World Unite: Preventing Factory Abuse Managing Date and Time Data Model Data Summary

7: Using Mock Objects

What ’s a Mock Object? Stubs Stubs with Parameters Mock, Mock, Mock Mock Objects and Behavior-Driven Development Mock Dos and Mock Don ’ts Comparing Mock Object Libraries Mock Object Summary

Part 3 Testing User-Facing Layers 8: Testing Controllers with Functional Tests

What ’s Available in a Controller Test? What to Test Simulating a Controller Call Testing Controller Response Testing Returned Data Testing Routes Coming Up

9: Testing Views

The Goals of View Testing Keys to Successful View Testing Using assert_select Testing Outgoing Email Testing Helpers Testing Block Helpers Using assert_select in Helper Tests How Much Time Should You Spend on Helpers? When to View Test

10: Testing JavaScript and Ajax

First Off, RJS Testing JavaScript from Rails with Jasmine Getting Started with Jasmine Running Jasmine Tests Writing Jasmine Tests Integrating Jasmine with Dynamic Rails

Part 4 Testing Framework Extensions 11: Write Cleaner Tests with Shoulda and Contexts

Contexts Basics of Shoulda Single Assertion Testing Shoulda Assertions Shoulda One-Liners Writing Your Own Shoulda Matcher Single-Line Test Tools When to Use Shoulda

12: RSpec

Getting Started with RSpec RSpec in Ten Minutes RSpec and Rails Running RSpec RSpec in Practice Creating Your Own Matchers Summarizing RSpec

Part 5 Testing Everything All Together 13: Testing Workflow with Integration Tests

What to Test in an Integration Test What ’s Available in an Integration Test? Simulating Multipart Interaction Simulating a Multiuser Interaction When to Use Integration Tests

14: Write Better Integration Tests with Webrat and Capybara

Installing Webrat and Capybara Using the Acceptance Testing Rodents A Brief Example Webrat and Ajax Capybara and Ajax Why Use the Rodents?

15: Acceptance Testing with Cucumber

Getting Started with Cucumber Writing Cucumber Features Writing Cucumber Step Definitions Making Step Definitions Pass The Edit Scenario: Specifying Paths Login and Session Issues with Cucumber Annotating Cucumber Features with Tags Implicit vs. Explicit Cucumber Tests Is Cucumber Good for You?

Part 6 Testing Your Tests 16: Using Rcov to Measure Test Coverage

85 Percent of What? Installing Rcov Rcov and Rails Rcov Output Command-Line Rcov Rcov and RSpec and Cucumber Rcov Tricks How Much Coverage Is Enough?

17: Beyond Coverage: What Makes Good Tests?

The Five Habits of Highly Successful Tests Troubleshooting From Greenfield to Legacy

18: Testing a Legacy Application

Accept That You ’re Powerless in the Face of a Higher Power Basic Setup Test-Driven Exploration Dependency Removal Don ’t Look Back

19: Performance Testing and Performance Improvement

Performance and Benchmark Testing Focusing Test Execution Using Autotest Making Your Tests Faster Using a Faster Test Runner And in the End...

20: Sample Application Setup

Basic Rails Devise Huddle ’s Data Models First Tests

21: Bibliography