== RSpec RSpec is a Behaviour Driven Development framework with tools to express User Stories with Executable Scenarios and Executable Examples at the code level. RSpec ships with several modules: Spec::Story provides a framework for expressing User Stories and Scenarios Spec::Example provides a framework for expressing Isolated Examples Spec::Matchers provides Expression Matchers for use with Spec::Expectations and Spec::Mocks. Spec::Expectations supports setting expectations on your objects so you can do things like: result.should equal(expected_result) Spec::Mocks supports creating Mock Objects, Stubs, and adding Mock/Stub behaviour to your existing objects. == Installation The simplest approach is to install the gem (as root in some environments): gem install -r rspec == Building the RSpec gem If you prefer to build the gem locally: git clone git://github.com/dchelimsky/rspec.git cd rspec rake gem gem install pkg/rspec-0.x.x.gem #as root