effective-testing-with-rspec-3-2017

Part I. Getting Started

• 1. Getting Started With RSpec
  • Installing RSpec
  • Your First Spec
  • Understanding Failure
  • Sharing Setup (But Not Sandwiches)
  • Your Turn
• 2. From Writing Specs to Running Them
  • Customizing Your Specs’ Output
  • Identifying Slow Examples
  • Running Just What You Need
  • Marking Work in Progress
  • Your Turn
• 3. The RSpec Way
  • What Your Specs Are Doing for You
  • Comparing Costs and Benefits
  • Different Types of Specs
  • Guidelines

Part II. Building an App With RSpec 3

• 4. Starting On the Outside: Acceptance Specs
  • First Steps
  • Deciding What to Test First
  • Checking the Response
  • Filling In the Response Body
  • Querying the Data
  • Saving Your Progress: Pending Specs
  • Your Turn
• 5. Testing in Isolation: Unit Specs
  • From Acceptance Specs to Unit Specs
  • Filling In the First Spec
  • Handling Success
  • Refactoring
  • Handling Failure
  • Defining the Ledger
  • Your Turn
• 6. Getting Real: Integration Specs
  • Hooking Up the Database
  • Testing Ledger Behavior
  • Testing the Invalid Case
  • Isolating Your Specs Using Database Transactions
  • Filling In the Behavior
  • Querying Expenses
  • Ensuring the Application Works for Real
  • Your Turn

Part III. RSpec Core

• 7. Structuring Code Examples
  • Getting the Words Right
  • Sharing Common Logic
  • Sharing Example Groups
  • Your Turn
• 8. Slicing and Dicing Specs with Metadata
  • Defining Metadata
  • Reading Metadata
  • Selecting Which Specs to Run
  • Sharing Code Conditionally
  • Changing How Your Specs Run
  • Your Turn
• 9. Configuring RSpec
  • Command-Line Configuration
  • Setting Command-Line Defaults
  • Using a Custom Formatter
  • RSpec.configure
  • Your Turn

Part IV. RSpec Expectations

• 10. Exploring RSpec Expectations
  • Parts of an Expectation
  • How Matchers Work
  • Composing Matchers
  • Generated Example Descriptions
  • Your Turn
• 11. Matchers Included in RSpec Expectations
  • Primitive Matchers
  • Higher-Order Matchers
  • Block Matchers
  • Your Turn
• 12. Creating Custom Matchers
  • Delegating to Existing Matchers Using Helper Methods
  • Defining Matcher Aliases
  • Negating Matchers
  • Using the Matcher DSL
  • Defining a Matcher Class
  • Your Turn

Part V. RSpec Mocks

• 13. Understanding Test Doubles
  • Types of Test Doubles
  • Usage Modes: Mocks, Stubs, and Spies
  • Origins: Pure, Partial, and Verifying Doubles
  • Your Turn
• 14. Customizing Test Doubles
  • Configuring Responses
  • Setting Constraints
  • Your Turn
• 15. Using Test Doubles Effectively
  • Constructing Your Test Environment
  • Stubject (Stubbing the Subject)
  • Using Partial Doubles Effectively
  • Connecting the Test Subject to Its Environment
  • The Risks of Mocking Third-Party Code
  • High-Fidelity Fakes
  • Faking I/O with StringIO
  • Wrapping a Third-Party Dependency
  • Your Turn
• A1. RSpec and the Wider Ruby Ecosystem
  • Bundler
  • Rake
  • Using Parts of RSpec With Other Test Frameworks
• A2. Using RSpec with Rails
  • Installation
  • Using rspec-rails
  • Spec Types
  • Spec Types Cheat Sheet
  • Rails Matchers Cheat Sheet
• A3. Matcher Cheat Sheet
  • Value Matchers
  • Block Matchers