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Ruby testing libraries · installable as Ruby gems
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On the record
- Community
- The project says it continues to evolve through community input and the work of hundreds of contributors.rspec.info · read 5 Oct 2026
- Compatibility limits
- The documentation recommends relying on public APIs because private APIs may change in any release without warning.rspec.info · read 5 Oct 2026
- Documentation
- The documentation site lists API documentation and executable Gherkin examples for RSpec libraries.rspec.info · read 5 Oct 2026
- Expectations
- rspec-expectations provides a readable API for expressing expected outcomes in examples.rspec.info · read 5 Oct 2026
- History
- RSpec began in 2005 as an experiment by Steven Baker and released version 1.0 in May 2007.rspec.info · read 5 Oct 2026
- Install
- The project README says to install the main libraries with `gem install rspec`.github.com · read 5 Oct 2026
- Interoperability
- RSpec libraries can work together or be used independently with Cucumber or Minitest.rspec.info · read 5 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- RSpec is a behavior-driven development framework for Ruby.rspec.info · read 5 Oct 2026
- Rails support
- rspec-rails supports testing Ruby on Rails applications in place of Rails’ built-in test framework.rspec.info · read 5 Oct 2026
- Security
- The project repository links to a security policy.github.com · read 5 Oct 2026
- Support
- The help page recommends the RSpec mailing list for general support and development questions, and GitHub issues for project bugs.rspec.info · read 5 Oct 2026
- Test doubles
- rspec-mocks provides fake objects for controlling the environment in which specs run.rspec.info · read 5 Oct 2026
- Test runner
- rspec-core provides a command-line spec runner, customizable reporting, and an API for organizing code examples.rspec.info · read 5 Oct 2026
