The Ruby Testing Podcast

By Jason Swett

Technology Software How-To

What's The Ruby Testing Podcast about?

On the Ruby Testing Podcast we discuss how to get started with testing as well as how to write better, more effective tests.

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New Rails podcast, taking a...

06.05.2019

Like I did some months ago, I'm taking another break from The Ruby Testing Podcast to focus on my new podcast, Rails with Jason.

The Ruby Testing Podcast episodes:

06.05.2019 New Rails podcast, taking another break, plus: what do you want to hear in the future? Like I did some months ago, I'm taking another break from The Ruby Testing Podcast to focus on my new podcast, Rails with Jason.
05.07.2019 029 - Erin Dees, Co-Author of Effective Testing with RSpec 3 I talk with Erin Dees about Cucumber, maintaining test code over the long haul, page objects, ways to fix flapping tests, and, naturally, goats.
04.23.2019 028 - Mr. Radar with Molly Struve and Samuel Hotop I talk with Molly Struve and Sam Hotop from Kenna Security about the creation and implementation of Mr. Radar, a tool for detecting anomalies in production data.
04.16.2019 027 - Josh Justice of Big Nerd Ranch Josh and I discuss our experiences with Rails testing as well as testing front-end code and single-page applications.
04.02.2019 026 - Zach Dennis In this episode, I talk with Zach Dennis about his experience with TDD, the benefits of test first vs test after, the pitfalls of being a TDD purist when working with a team, and giving yourself permission to do things ...
03.20.2019 025 - My New Book, Rails Testing for Beginners, Now Available My new book, Rails Testing for Beginners, is now available for sale. You can use the discount code RTP2019 to get $20 off the book through 3/22/2019 at 3pm Eastern.
02.13.2019 022 - TDD and Refactoring with Corey Haines Corey and I discuss our approaches to TDD and refactoring.
12.19.2018 021 - Taking a Break I'm taking a break from a regular publishing schedule to work on some other things, including writing a Rails testing book.
12.12.2018 020 - Josh Clayton of thoughtbot Josh Clayton and I talk about factories vs. fixtures, mystery guests, obscure tests, and Factory Bot.
11.28.2018 019 - Chris Kottom, Author of The Minitest Cookbook Chris Kottom and I talk about some of the differences between RSpec and Minitest as well as how to decide which testing framework to work with.
11.14.2018 018 - Ben Orenstein, Co-Founder of Tuple Ben and I talk about how to decide what to write tests for, how pair programming relates to testing, and Tuple, a tool Ben is working on to help facilitate remote pair programming.
11.07.2018 017 - Michael Hartl, Author of the Ruby on Rails Tutorial Michael Hartl and I talk about how to decide what to write tests for and how to decide when to do test-first vs. test-after. We also talk about push-ups and Arnold Schwarzenegger.
10.30.2018 016 - Fast Tests with Vladimir Dementyev Me and Vladimir Dementyev talk about why fast tests are valuable and how you can make your tests faster.
10.18.2018 015 - Testing Q&A with Listener Andrew Mason Listener and junior Rails developer Andrew Mason comes on the show to ask some questions about Rails testing. We discuss the difference between function/integration/unit tests, system tests vs. feature specs, some good testing books to read, and more.
10.12.2018 014 - Chris Oliver, Creator of GoRails Me and Chris touched on about a billion topics in this episode including integration tests vs. unit tests, DRY in testing, dependency injection, Cucumber, and security.
10.03.2018 013 - The Balance Between Testing and Feature Development with Dave Kimura Building features and writing tests are often seen as competing with one another. How do you balance the two? Dave Kimura and I discuss.
09.26.2018 012 - Refactoring Legacy Projects and Test Suites with John Cech I talk with John Cech of Planet Argon about refactoring legacy Rails projects and legacy test suites.
09.19.2018 011 - How Jason Charnes Got Started with Testing In this episode I talk with Jason Charnes, organizer of the Southeast Ruby conference and co-host of the Remote Ruby podcast, about how he got started with testing.
09.12.2018 010 - Selenium and QA with Zach Attas In this episode I talk with Zach Attas, Senior Test Engineer, about QA, Selenium, SitePrism and a number of other things.
09.06.2018 009 - Testing a Ruby Gem with Josh Wood of Honeybadger In this episode I talk with Josh about the process of building the honeybadger-ruby gem and what was involved in testing it.
08.29.2018 008 - Adam Hawkins - Where, What and How to Test Me and Adam Hawkins talk about where, what and how to test. Adam brought up some interesting ideas I hadn't thought about before including not only testing your code but testing your deployment pipeline.
08.21.2018 007 - Testing Anti-Patterns with Kostis Kapelonis Kostis Kapelonis and I talk about some of the testing anti-patterns he discusses in his comprehensive article, Software Testing Anti-patterns.
08.13.2018 006 - Continuous Integration/Deployment/Delivery with Marko Anastasov I talk with Semaphore CI Co-Founder Marko Anastasov about how he got started with programming and testing. We also talk about Continuous Integration, Continuous Deployment, Continuous Delivery and the difference among the three.
08.01.2018 005 - How Brittany Martin Got Started with Programming and Testing In this episode I talk with Brittany Martin, co-host of the Ruby on Rails Podcast, about her career story and how she got started with Ruby testing.
07.25.2018 004 - Test-Driven Design with Yoseph Radding In this episode Yoseph and I talk about test-driven design.
07.17.2018 003 - Aaron Sumner, Author of Everyday Rails Testing with RSpec In this episode I interview Aaron Sumner, author of Everyday Rails Testing with RSpec.
06.01.2018 002 - Noel Rappin, Author of Rails 5 Test Prescriptions In this episode I talk with Noel Rappin, author of Rails 5 Test Prescriptions, about how Noel got started in testing in the early 2000s, how Noel approaches unit tests vs. integration tests, testing JavaScript code in a Rails environment, ...

The Ruby Testing Podcast

What's The Ruby Testing Podcast about?

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The Ruby Testing Podcast episodes:

New Rails podcast, taking another break, plus: what do you want to hear in the future?

029 - Erin Dees, Co-Author of Effective Testing with RSpec 3

028 - Mr. Radar with Molly Struve and Samuel Hotop

027 - Josh Justice of Big Nerd Ranch

026 - Zach Dennis

025 - My New Book, Rails Testing for Beginners, Now Available

022 - TDD and Refactoring with Corey Haines

021 - Taking a Break

020 - Josh Clayton of thoughtbot

019 - Chris Kottom, Author of The Minitest Cookbook

018 - Ben Orenstein, Co-Founder of Tuple

017 - Michael Hartl, Author of the Ruby on Rails Tutorial

016 - Fast Tests with Vladimir Dementyev

015 - Testing Q&A with Listener Andrew Mason

014 - Chris Oliver, Creator of GoRails

013 - The Balance Between Testing and Feature Development with Dave Kimura

012 - Refactoring Legacy Projects and Test Suites with John Cech

011 - How Jason Charnes Got Started with Testing

010 - Selenium and QA with Zach Attas

009 - Testing a Ruby Gem with Josh Wood of Honeybadger

008 - Adam Hawkins - Where, What and How to Test

007 - Testing Anti-Patterns with Kostis Kapelonis

006 - Continuous Integration/Deployment/Delivery with Marko Anastasov

005 - How Brittany Martin Got Started with Programming and Testing

004 - Test-Driven Design with Yoseph Radding

003 - Aaron Sumner, Author of Everyday Rails Testing with RSpec

002 - Noel Rappin, Author of Rails 5 Test Prescriptions