Looking for advice on starting Ruby Testing Group
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Eric MacAdie
May 21, 2012, 1:30:41 PM5/21/12
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I was a Java developer, and I am now transitioning to Ruby and/on Rails. I went through Code Academy here in Chicago to help me focus and become more ingrained in the Ruby community here.
A lot of the other students were new to development, so there were a lot of things that could not be covered in detail. One topic that was skimmed over was testing. I have mentioned that I would like to start an RSpec study group here, and I would like some advice on how to go about it. (I should probably call it a "Ruby Testing Study Group", but I first used the term "RSpec Study Group", and it kind of stuck.)
One possibility is to have some people go through "The RSpec Book", perhaps covering a chapter a week or something like that. The disadvantage is that if someone misses a week, they might be left behind by the rest.
One person suggested meeting one a week, and perhaps for the first week go over a chapter in "The RSpec Book", the next week having a hack night where the group writes some tests for someone's project/app, and perhaps a third week someone could give a lecture/Q&A about their thoughts on testing (there seem to be a lot of strong opinions out there).
Does anyone have any thoughts/advice?
- Eric MacAdie
A lot of the other students were new to development, so there were a lot of things that could not be covered in detail. One topic that was skimmed over was testing. I have mentioned that I would like to start an RSpec study group here, and I would like some advice on how to go about it. (I should probably call it a "Ruby Testing Study Group", but I first used the term "RSpec Study Group", and it kind of stuck.)
One possibility is to have some people go through "The RSpec Book", perhaps covering a chapter a week or something like that. The disadvantage is that if someone misses a week, they might be left behind by the rest.
One person suggested meeting one a week, and perhaps for the first week go over a chapter in "The RSpec Book", the next week having a hack night where the group writes some tests for someone's project/app, and perhaps a third week someone could give a lecture/Q&A about their thoughts on testing (there seem to be a lot of strong opinions out there).
Does anyone have any thoughts/advice?
- Eric MacAdie
Eric Berry
May 21, 2012, 1:40:05 PM5/21/12
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Eric,
You should start by watching these: http://railscasts.com/?tag_id=7
The best one for starting is http://railscasts.com/episodes/275-how-i-test
Eric Berry
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Paul Baker
May 22, 2012, 1:54:41 AM5/22/12
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Eric - I'd be down for such a group. Send me an email to discuss details if you like. I'll be at the meeting tomorrow too if you want to chat there.
Cheers,
Paul
On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 11:30 AM, Eric MacAdie <emac...@gmail.com> wrote:
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Robert Karlsson
May 22, 2012, 10:55:42 AM5/22/12
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http://ruby.railstutorial.org/ TDD and uses rspec
Mike Moore
May 22, 2012, 11:12:57 AM5/22/12
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Not sure if you are in Utah or Chicago, but I am discussing testing at
tonight's meeting.
tonight's meeting.
Eric MacAdie
May 22, 2012, 9:40:35 AM5/22/12
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As I said in my email: I am in Chicago. I decided to email this group for some advice on how to organize this. I have never tried to organize something like this before.
Sorry for any confusion.
- Eric MacAdie
Sorry for any confusion.
- Eric MacAdie
Paul Baker
May 22, 2012, 4:11:53 PM5/22/12
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Sorry about that Eric. For whatever reason I thought Chicago was just a temporary location. Good luck in your endeavors!
-Paul
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