How to TDD ActiveJob in Rails 5 with RSpec

Here at Ministry of Velocity, we use ActiveJob (and Sidekiq) for basically everything. Emails? Yep. SMS? You should see how many texts we send. Basically anything involving HTTP requests? OMG YISS. We think you should use ActiveJob and Sidekiq, too.

Quality Control in an Uncontrollable World

In my time at Ministry of Velocity, I’ve run across several Companies of a Certain Size who do a very peculiar dance in opposition to modern software development practices. They’ll produce lots of charts, reports, and time estimates. You know the kind.

Specifications not Tests

Stop writing tests. I want you to stop writing tests for your code. Stop writing tests and start writing specifications.

Judgement

Tests render judgement. You can fail a test. And if you fail a test what does that make you? A…

Types of Specifications

What is a specification?

Before we can talk about specifications we have to know what they are.

Specification is a noun, derived from the verb to specify. To specify is to state explicitly or in detail. Therefore a…