Test-driven design is probably more popular in the Ruby community than in other language communities. Nevertheless, test-driven design of graphical user interfaces is still seen as something of a black art. In this talk, I’ll demonstrate how to test-drive a Mac GUI, using either RubyCocoa or MacRuby. I’ll concentrate on …
Cucumber is a BDD tool that aids in outside-in development by executing plain-text features/stories as automated acceptance tests. Written in conjunction with the stakeholder, these Cucumber “features” clearly articulate business value and also serve as a practical guide throughout the development process: by explicitly outlining the expected outcomes of various …
Dave Hoover demonstrates how to use Watir with Cucumber. Actually, he uses his own library SafariWatir, but you could easily swap it with Watir, FireWatir, ChromeWatir or Celerity. Cucumber lets software development teams describe how software should behave in plain text. The text is written in a business-readable domain-specific language …
Tor Norbye presents a new feature for NetBeans 7.0: Code Coverage support! In this screencast you will see the Ruby version. Note that the Ruby support isn’t integrated into the 7.0 builds just yet. http://www.netbeans.tv/screencasts/Ruby-Code-Coverage-in-NetBeans-433/
