RSpec

RSpec

Developer(s)	David Chelimsky, Myron Marston, Andy Lindeman, Jon Rowe, Paul Casaretto, Sam Phippen, Bradley Schaefer
Initial release	May 18, 2007 (2007-05-18)
Stable release	3.4.0 / November 12, 2015 (2015-11-12)
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. 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)

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.