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Mocha - a new twist on mocking in Ruby

Fri, 01 Sep 2006 13:02:37 -0500

Mocha is a library for mocking and stubbing within tests using a syntax like that of JMock and SchMock. The main difference between this mocking library and others like FlexMock and RSpec is that it allows you to mock and stub methods on real (non-mock) classes and instances.

SOAP request with Ruby

Fri, 19 Aug 2005 15:12:05 -0500

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I had a hard time finding examples while trying to get code to test a SOAP service with Ruby. Therefore, I thought I would add an example to the Google code repository. In the end I didn't get this working, this is the final work of a developer named Jim Johnson. I got started down the road and Jim came along and finished it up.

Watir Update and Plans

Sat, 20 Aug 2005 06:21:29 -0500

Over the past several months, i’ve been spending most of my free time on Watir. It’s becoming more and more popular. I taught a Watir tutorial at the Agile conference last month in Denver. The class had over-filled (the conference...

Using the Rake Build Language

Sun, 21 Aug 2005 04:37:31 -0500

10 Aug 05: Rake is a build language, similar in purpose to make andant. Like make and ant it's a Domain Specific Language, unlike thosetwo it's an internal DSL programmed in the Ruby language. In thisarticle I introduce rake and describe some interesting things thatcame out of my use of rake to build this web site: dependency models,synthesized tasks, custom build routines and debugging the builds

Schmock: Ruby mock library

Wed, 29 Jun 2005 05:57:35 -0500

Simple mock object implementation knocked together while developing a Ruby on Rails app. Draws from the jmock stable of mocking.

FlexMock: mock objects for Ruby

Sun, 12 Jun 2005 09:59:58 -0500

FlexMock is a simple mock object for unit testing in Ruby. The interface is simple, but still provides a good bit of flexibility.

Stanz 2005 announced

Fri, 03 Jun 2005 02:50:03 -0500

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"Stanz2005":http://www.softed.com/stanz2005/index.htm has been announced and though there are not as many speakers as at the SQE Star Conferences, the talks that are there though look in depth and all of them seem of real value.
A personal recommendation is "Elisabeth Hendrickson":http://www.qualitytree.com/ who is giving a talk on testing in agile projects based on her experiences, if this is anything like the one she gave at STARwest 2004 then it is a must see. The information was clear informative and she had some really useful stories that provided excellent contextual qualitative information on the benefits of an expert tester on Agile Teams.

Another tester succumbs

Thu, 13 Jan 2005 00:48:22 -0600

From Elisabeth Hendrickson, testing consultant and my occasional partner in training:

I'd been resisting Ruby for such a long time, thinking that I alreadyknew enough scripting languages. I figured I'd be better off spendingmy time learning Java and C#.

Watir Release

Thu, 06 Jan 2005 00:43:10 -0600

The Web Testing with Ruby group released version 1.0 of the Watir tool today. Check it out here: Get Watir Download the latest release which is a zip file at the top of the watir package list. (At the time...

Green Bar in a Ruby IDE!

Thu, 16 Dec 2004 00:18:17 -0600

The Ruby Development Tool project team, who develop a plugin for Eclipse, have added some great features in their latest release. Most important (to me), is test::unit support, as well as some other features such as code-completion based on configurable...

How to Use ZenTest with Ruby

Thu, 16 Sep 2004 15:23:17 -0500

Refactoring and unit testing are a great pair of tools and should be a part of every programmer's workbench. Sadly, not every programmer knows how to use these tools. My first exposure to them came when I started using Ruby. Refactoring and unit testing are a big part of the landscape in the Ruby community. An introduction to using refactoring, unit testing and ZenTest on existing code.