Implement minitest-rails for testing

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Implement minitest-rails for testing

• Minitest vs Rspec Comparison
  • RSpec
  • Pros
    • Tests are very easy to read and figure out what they are trying to verify
    • CLI is simple. You can easily run a specific example (even if the example is defined using metaprogramming)
    • The tools for stubbing and verifying method calls are simple and intuitive
    • Creating a matrix of different escenarios is easy through shared contexts, lets and the example hooks (before, after, around)
  • Cons
    • Takes longer to learn the DSL since it is not pure Ruby
    • Tests take longer and have a larger memory footprint
    • Requires libraries for doing things that come out of the box with minitest (such as fixtures)
  • Minitest
  • Pros
    • Runs much faster than RSpec
    • Tests are written in pure Ruby (classes)
    • Outputs not only number of examples, but also number of assertions
    • Comes with fixtures and many Rails assertions out of the box
  • Cons
    • CLI isn't the best. Hard to run a specific example.
    • Stubbing or verifying method calls is not as intuitive as in RSpec
    • Harder to create a matrix of scenarios since you cannot nest contexts as in RSpec

Another reference 7 reasons why I'm sticking with minitest and fixtures in Rails