Testing and Documentation

Abstract

In this brief chapter, we will take a look at the tools available and conventions employed in the Ruby world for keeping one’s code in order. We’ll kick off with a section devoted to rake. Understanding the mechanics of this task-oriented, make-like tool can really save you time in the long run—especially where common housekeeping tasks are concerned. From here we’ll move on to a section on unit testing, where we’ll look at some step-by-step examples and make the case that such testing is about as simple asit can be in Ruby. Finally, we’ll cover the documentation idioms and the magic of rdoc.