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Download the forecast For Individuals Individuals Try for free Gift Pluralsight Plans Core Tech AI+ Cloud+ A Cloud Guru courses and labs Security+ Data+ Complete View plans Contact sales For businesses For public sector For individuals Course Testing Ruby 2 Applications with RSpec Learn how to use the popular RSpec suite of libraries (core, expectations, and mocks) to test your Ruby application. Beginner 1h 46m (59) Last Updated Jun 26, 2024 Businesses Individuals Get started today Access this course and other top-rated tech content with one of our business plans. Start a free team trial Buy now Try this course for free Access this course and other top-rated tech content with one of our individual plans. Start a free trial Buy now This course is included in the libraries shown below: Core Tech Course Testing Ruby 2 Applications with RSpec Learn how to use the popular RSpec suite of libraries (core, expectations, and mocks) to test your Ruby application. Beginner 1h 46m (59) Last Updated Jun 26, 2024 Businesses Individuals Get started today Access this course and other top-rated tech content with one of our business plans. Start a free team trial Buy now Try this course for free Access this course and other top-rated tech content with one of our individual plans. Start a free trial Buy now This course is included in the libraries shown below: Core Tech Testing Ruby 2 Applications with RSpec Start a free team trial Start a free trial What you'll learn In this course, we will be testing a simple command line card game using RSpec. We'll cover the core three libraries: the first module covers the core syntax and command line runner core, the second the expectation library for expressing rich assertions about your code, and the third covers mocks, a powerful tool for specifying collaborations between objects and getting useful design feedback. The final module places RSpec in the wider Ruby ecosystem, looking at the major RSpec versions and common patterns you'll encounter in the wild. In addition to covering the technical aspects of using RSpec, we'll also cover best practices for using them so you get the most out of your test suite: different types of tests, what kinds of things to test, when different styles are appropriate. This is applied in numerous worked examples. Testing Ruby 2 Applications with RSpec Beginner 1h 46m (59) Table of contents Course Overview 1m Course Overview | 1m 26s To view this content, start a free trial or activate one of our plans. Getting Started 40m Version Check | 10s To view this content, start a free trial or activate one of our plans. Introduction | 1m 59s To view this content, start a free trial or activate one of our plans. Install and Setup | 2m 21s To view this content, start a free trial or activate one of our plans. Your First Spec | 8m 25s To view this content, start a free trial or activate one of our plans. Get Organized | 3m 51s To view this content, start a free trial or activate one of our plans. Writing Compact Specifications | 9m 31s To view this content, start a free trial or activate one of our plans. Deep Dive: Examples and Example Groups | 4m 26s To view this content, start a free trial or activate one of our plans. Acceptance Tests | 4m 46s To view this content, start a free trial or activate one of our plans. Hooks and Metadata | 3m 46s To view this content, start a free trial or activate one of our plans. Recap | 1m 4s To view this content, start a free trial or activate one of our plans. Helpful Failures with Expectations 22m Basic Equality Matching | 2m 28s To view this content, start a free trial or activate one of our plans. Collection Matchers | 3m 46s To view this content, start a free trial or activate one of our plans. Custom Matchers | 4m 35s To view this content, start a free trial or activate one of our plans. Deep Dive: How Expectations Work | 2m 49s To view this content, start a free trial or activate one of our plans. Organizing Your Specs | 3m 53s To view this content, start a free trial or activate one of our plans. Putting It Together | 5m 8s To view this content, start a free trial or activate one of our plans. Designing Interactions with Mocks 31m Designing with Mocks | 6m 8s To view this content, start a free trial or activate one of our plans. Using Test Doubles | 3m 23s To view this content, start a free trial or activate one of our plans. Listening to Your Mocks | 3m 44s To view this content, start a free trial or activate one of our plans. Null Objects | 3m 23s To view this content, start a free trial or activate one of our plans. Deep Dive: How Mocks Work | 3m 20s To view this content, start a free trial or activate one of our plans. Working with 3rd Party Code | 5m 50s To view this content, start a free trial or activate one of our plans. Isolated Specs | 4m 11s To view this content, start a free trial or activate one of our plans. Recap | 1m 30s To view this content, start a free trial or activate one of our plans. Understanding the RSpec Ecosystem 10m Should vs. Expect | 1m 46s To view this content, start a free trial or activate one of our plans. Upgrading Across Major RSpec Versions | 2m 6s To view this content, start a free trial or activate one of our plans. Code Coverage | 2m 52s To view this content, start a free trial or activate one of our plans. Custom Formatters | 1m 2s To view this content, start a free trial or activate one of our plans. Course Conclusion | 2m 31s To view this content, start a free trial or activate one of our plans. 2025 Forrester Wave™ names Pluralsight as a Leader among tech skills dev platforms See how our offering and strategy stack up. 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