Good source for learning Cucumber and RSpec? -Good sources for learningCucumberandRSpec?

What are some good videos, articles, ebooks, etc for learning Cucumber and RSpec?

What are some good videos, articles, e-books, etc. for learning Cucumber and RSpec?

I’m aware of the PeepCode screencasts and The RSpec Book from Pragmatic, but wasn’t sure if there were any other solid resources.

I’m aware of PeepCode’s screencasts and the RSpec Book from Pragmatic, but not sure if there are other reliable resources.

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#1

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The great thing about the Ruby community is the willingness to share; of course there are the companies like O’Reilly and Red Dirt that don’t give away their videos so I don’t buy their products any more and/or won’t go to their conferences.

The good thing about the Ruby community is the willingness to share; of course there are companies like O’Reilly and Red Dirt that won’t give up on their videos, so I won’t buy anymore their products and/or won’t go to their conferences.

Here are some videos specifically about Cucumber and RSpec:
BDD with Cucumber
Cucumber: Automating the Requirements Language You Already Speak
Behavior Driven Development with RSpec
Working Outside-in with Cucumber and RSpec
Beyond Test Driven Development: Behavior Driven Development

Driven development: behavior-driven development

Some general videos about TDD/BDD:
Test-Driven Development and Refactoring – Part One
Test-Driven Development and Refactoring – Part Two

Some general videos about TDD/BDD: Test Driven Development and Refactoring – Part 1 Test Driven Development and Refactoring – Part 2

One of the best free videos on the Ruby Object model
(I bought the Pragmatic series on metaprogramming after seeing this):
The Ruby Object Model – Dave Thomas

One of the best free videos on Ruby Object Model (I bought the Pragmatic series on metaprogramming after seeing this): Ruby Object Model – Dave Thomas

Here are some sites I’ve gotten some great videos off of:
http://confreaks.net/videos
http://www.bestechvideos.com/
http://www .engineyard.com/blog/community/scotland-on-rails/

Here are some websites where I have received some great videos: http://confreaks.net/videos http://www.bestechvideos.com/ http ://www.engineyard.com/blog/community/scotland-on-rails /

Oh, and don’t forget Google videos.

Oh, and don’t forget Google Video.

And here’s a great little blog post with links to 20 articles on Cucumber:
http://www.robbyonrails.com/articles/2009/04/09/20-articles-on-cucumber-and-a -free-beverage-recipe

Here is a great little blog post with links to 20 articles about Cucumber: http://www.robbyonrails.com/articles/2009 /04/09/20-articles-on-cucumber-and-a-free-beverage-recipe

#2

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There are a couple of paid screencasts on BDDcasts.com that cover cucumber:

There are several paid screencast reports on BDDcasts.com covering Cucumber:

http://bddcasts.com/series/urlagg/episodes/cucumber-part-1

http://bddcasts.com/series/urlagg/episodes/cucumber-part-2

There’s also a reverse chronological ordering of blog posts and tutorials about cucumber on their github wiki:

There are also blog posts and tutorials about cucumbers in reverse chronological order on the github wiki:

http://github.com/aslakhellesoy/cucumber/wiki/tutorials-and-related-blog-posts

#3

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I would also recommend Ryan Bates Railscasts episodes:

I would also recommend the Ryan Bates Railscasts episode:

http://railscasts.com/episodes?search=cucumber

or for all of his testing resources including RSpec:

Or all test resources including RSpec:

http://railscasts.com/tags/7

Finally, I always learn a lot by reviewing the features of other people’s projects. Then you can see some real world usage rather than just some tailored examples. For example:

Finally, I always learn a lot by reviewing the characteristics of other people’s projects. Then you can see some real world usage, not just some custom examples. For example:

https://github.com/radiant/radiant/tree/master/features/

Enjoy!