Don’t assert return types
Have you ever seen a test in Ruby (or any dynamic language) that tested the type of a method? I’ve always hated those tests, but never really explored why.
January 09, 2024
Testing
: I do Test-Driven Development. I'll even admit that I like TDD. Sometimes I write about it. If you like testing or are being forced to do it against your will, you might find the things I write helpful.Blog Posts
TDD on the Shoulders of Giants
What do we Rubyists stand to learn from Nat Pryce and Steve Freeman's Growing Object-Oriented Software, Guided by tests? I break down what my team learned from the book about how to make writing tests a more valuable exercise.
December 18, 2023
Doing TCR without the R
I recently simplified the workflow where I'm using git as my test-runner, essentially doing TCR without the R.
July 16, 2023
Here are my TDD on the Shoulders of Giants talk slides
RubyConf Mini is over and my talk went well. Once the videos are posted, I'll do a quick write up about the talk, but for now here are the slides.
November 19, 2022
What I learned from 5 days of solving Advent of Code problems using TCR in Ruby
I used test && commit || revert to do the first 5 days of this year's Advent of Code. Here's what I learned along the way.
December 05, 2020