Everyday Scripting with Ruby: For Teams, Testers, and You - Softcover

Marick, Brian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0977616614 ISBN 13: 9780977616619

Publisher: Pragmatic Bookshelf, 2007

Synopsis

Are you a tester who spends more time manually creating complex test data than using it? A business analyst who seemingly went to college all those years so you can spend your days copying data from reports into spreadsheets? A programmer who can't finish each day's task without having to scan through version control system output, looking for the file you want?

If so, you're wasting that computer on your desk. Offload the drudgery to where it belongs, and free yourself to do what you should be doing: thinking. All you need is a scripting language (free!), this book (cheap!), and the dedication to work through the examples and exercises.

Everyday Scripting with Ruby is divided into four parts. In the first, you'll learn the basics of the Ruby scripting language. In the second, you'll see how to create scripts in a steady, controlled way using test-driven design. The third part is about finding, understanding, and using the work of others--and about preparing your scripts for others to use. The fourth part, more advanced, is about saving even more time by using application frameworks.

About this title

About the Author

Brian Marick learned Ruby in 2001 because Dave Thomas and Andy Hunt, original authors of "Programming Ruby", wouldn't let him off a shuttle bus until he said he would. He's been programming in it ever since, and he's made a special effort to teach it to software testers. His previous book is "Everyday Scripting with Ruby", which began as a tutorial for those very testers. He's not a Ruby programmer by trade. He makes most of his money as a consultant in the Agile methodologies. (After getting off the shuttle bus, he was one of the authors of the "Manifesto for Agile Software Development.")

Review

""A fantastic type-along-with-me introduction to a powerful scripting language that starts in the shallows and then moves into the depths turning the reader into an accomplished Ruby scripter, almost without them noticing it!""--Erik Petersen, Emprove ""Finally a hands-on book that is filled with gems of wisdom for the testing community.""--Gunjan Doshi, VP of Product Development and Process Excellence, Community Connect, Inc ""What a wondrous collection of recipes, guidelines, warnings, comprehensive examples, metaphors, exercises, and questions! It's a terrific value to software testing practitioners who want to get the most from their test automation effort.""--Grigori Melnik, Lecturer, University of Calgary

Edition details

• Publisher: Pragmatic Bookshelf
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0977616614
• ISBN 13: 9780977616619
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 310