RSpec

RSpec

Developer(s)	David Chelimsky, Myron Marston, Andy Lindeman, Jon Rowe, Paul Casaretto, Sam Phippen, Bradley Schaefer[1]
Initial release	May 18, 2007[2]
Stable release	3.5.0 [3] / July 1, 2016
Operating system	Cross-platform
Type	Behavior driven development framework / Test tool
License	MIT License
Website	rspec.info

RSpec is a behavior-driven development (BDD) framework for the Ruby programming language, inspired by JBehave.^[4] It contains its own mocking framework that is fully integrated into the framework based upon JMock. The framework can be considered a domain-specific language (DSL) and resembles a natural language specification.

Usage Examples

#Testing for our User class
describe User do
  context 'with admin privileges' do
    before :each do
      @admin = Admin.get(1)
    end

    it 'should exist' do
      expect(@admin).not_to be_nil
    end
    
    it 'should have a name' do
      expect(@admin.name).not_to be_false
    end
  end

  #...
end

See also

• Cucumber (software)
• Capybara (software)

References

1. RSpec core team. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
2. "all versions of rspec". rubygems.org. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
3. https://rubygems.org/gems/rspec/versions/3.5.0
4. Ed Gibbs, JBehave and RSpec History (Blog entry)

Further reading

• Chelimsky, David; Astels, Dave; Helmkamp, Bryan; North, Dan; Dennis, Zach; Hellesoy, Aslak (December 22, 2010). "The RSpec Book: Behaviour Driven Development with Rspec, Cucumber, and Friends" (First ed.). Pragmatic Bookshelf: 448. ISBN 978-1934356371.

External links

• Official website
• RSpec-2
• Beyond Test Driven Development - Behaviour Driven Development. A Google TechTalk by Dave Astels on BDD using RSpec.
• RSpec Best Practices Article by Jared Carroll, retrieved April 24 2011.
• Behavior-driven testing with RSpec Article by Bruce Tate, retrieved July 21 2011.