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Episode 252: 252: Confident Ruby on Rails Testing with Jason Swett
Show notes
Jason Swett is a developer, speaker, trainer, author and host of The Ruby Testing Podcast. Jason joined Brittany to discuss legacy Ruby on Rails applications: how to identify them and tackle their challenges from a testing standpoint.
Links for this episode:
- RSpec
- Minitest
- Test Driven Development: By Example by Kent Beck
- XUnit Test Patterns: Refactoring Test Code by Gerard Meszaros
- Working Effectively with Legacy Code by Michael C. Feathers
- Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code by Martin Fowler
- Jason Swett's Blog
- RubyConf India
- The Ruby Testing Podcast | Brittany Guests
- Episode Music: "Cinematic" by Purple Planet Music
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