Rails Testing Strategy

• In an interview DHH goes into his workflow:
  • Fixtures
  • Minitest (Test/Unit)
  • Lots of Controller tests
  • Unit tests when doing something complicated
  • System tests when needed for testing flow
  • Runs Basecamp 3 test suite in ~ 2 mins
• Jason Swett (the Rails Testing guy) has a book
  • Rspec
  • Model specs: always
  • System specs: always
  • Request: rarely (usually redundant to system specs)
  • Helper: rarely
  • View/Routing/Mailer/Job: never

Minitest

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