TWIL how (and why) to build a test framework

Watched a ConFreaks video from Railsconf Kansas City:

RailsConf 2016 Writing a Test Framework from Scratch by Ryan Davis

Gist of the video: Ryan Davis, the author of Minitest basically writing a test framework from scratch, aptly named: micro-test.

I love this video because there is a great explanation of the why something was done and not just the what was done. Extremely clear reasoning for certain trade offs and why somethings were done at any point of the development process.

At the same time, it’s the start of building out a test framework, which is super interesting for me as I want to build out the next step after my dead simple tests. 😅

I love seeing great craftsmen work and explain their thinking process. This video is exactly that for a software test framework.

I feel this video is useful to non-Ruby programmers because it gives deep insight into software craftsmanship process.

Great talk that I know I will revisit again and again.

Thanks the great talk Ryan!