Testing Rails

A book about testing Rails applications the thoughtbot way.

Reading the Book

You can find the current release in a variety of formats under the release directory. To view older releases, check out a specific Git tag.

Providing Feedback

Please provide feedback via GitHub.

Paperback

We use Paperback (internal to thoughtbot) for generating eBooks. To build the book, follow [the instructions for setting up Paperback] and be sure to have Docker running.

[the instructions for setting up Paperback]: https://github.com/thoughtbot/paperback#installation

Building the book

To build the book (for inspecting compiled output):

$ bin/build

Releasing an update

We're using tags and releases to track milestones in book updates.

The release script builds the project, moves the built files into /release, and bumps the git tag:

$ bin/release

Build a zip to upload to Gumroad and attach it to the GitHub release:

$ bin/build-zip

Updating the sample.pdf

Build and upload to http://thoughtbot.com/testing-rails-sample.pdf by updating the website repo (samples are in public/).

Contributors

Thank you to all who've contributed so far!