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How to Repair an Old Gem (Part 4) - Upgrade Autotest

Checkout Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3 of the series first! The ancient, venerable, and useful autotest gem died, but was reborn as rspec-autotest. Let’s migrate the library to use it! We still use the old .autotest hook file, but we replace the old contents: # autotest config for rspec # see: https://github.com/rspec/rspec/wiki/autotest Autotest.add_hook(:initialize) {|at| at.add_exception %r{^\.git} # ignore Version Control System at.add_exception %r{^pkg} # ignore gem pkg dir # at.

December 11, 2022 Read

How to Repair an Old Gem (Part 3) - Upgrade RSpec

Checkout Part 1, and Part 2 of the series first! Now that we can bundle install, and have a passing test suite with a very old version of RSpec, we need to upgrade RSpec. This is most easily done with a tool called transpec. Before we can setup transpec we need to upgrade to a minimum version of Ruby. Some generic requirements are: RSpec must be at least 2.14 or later.

December 11, 2022 Read

Introducing rspec-stubbed_env

ENV stubbing via a shared context for more powerful tests. Installation Add this line to your application’s Gemfile: gem 'rspec-stubbed_env', group: :test And then execute: $ bundle Or install it yourself as: $ gem install rspec-stubbed_env You must configure RSpec to use the :expect syntax, or some compatible alternative. RSpec.configure do |config| config.expect_with :rspec do |c| c.syntax = :expect end end Require the library in your spec/test helper somewhere: require 'rspec/stubbed_env' Usage ENV stubbing:

October 6, 2018 Read

Introducing rspec-block_is_expected

Allows you to use block_is_expected similarly to how you would use is_expected if a block was wrapping the subject. This gem does one very simple thing very well. It allows you to use block_is_expected similarly to how you would use is_expected if a block was wrapping the subject. Supports the same versions of Ruby that RSpec does, 1.8.7 - current ruby-head, as well as the JRuby equivalents. subject { Integer(nil) } it('raises') { block_is_expected.

October 1, 2018 Read

Introducing rspec-pending_for

Mark specs pending or skipped for specific Ruby engine (e.g. MRI or JRuby) / version combinations. Easiest to just show you: it("blah is blah") do pending_for(engine: "rbx") pending_for(engine: "ruby", versions: "2.1.5") pending_for(engine: "jruby", versions: "2.2.2", reason: "due to a bug in Ruby") pending_for(engine: "ruby", versions: "2.0.0", reason: "because I don't have the time") expect("blah").to eq "blah" end Installation Add this line to your application’s Gemfile: gem 'rspec-pending_for' And then execute:

October 22, 2015 Read

Introducing sanitize_email

An Email Condom for your Ruby Server sanitize_email This gem allows you to override your mail delivery settings, globally or in a local context. It is like a Ruby encrusted condom for your email server, just in case it decides to have intercourse with other servers via sundry mail protocols. Summary It’s particularly helpful when you want to prevent the delivery of email (e.g. in development/test environments) or alter the to/cc/bcc (e.

November 10, 2009 Read