# Which is the best book to buy for rails testing?

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**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [December 9, 2009, 7:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/which-is-the-best-book-to-buy-for-rails-testing/180018 "2009-12-09T19:43:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![sanjanad](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@sanjanad](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sanjanad)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 7:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/which-is-the-best-book-to-buy-for-rails-testing/180018/1 "2009-12-09T19:43:35Z")

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is there any particular book that deals withh only testing…the entire  
book…please let me know…

thanks

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**Author:** ![sanjanad](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@sanjanad](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sanjanad)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 10:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/which-is-the-best-book-to-buy-for-rails-testing/180018/2 "2009-12-09T22:08:10Z")

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Sanjana D. wrote:

> is there any particular book that deals withh only testing…the entire  
> book…please let me know…
> 
> thanks

No book that I’m aware of. However, this should help:

> **[Testing Rails Applications — Ruby on Rails Guides](https://guides.rubyonrails.org/testing.html)**
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> Testing Rails ApplicationsThis guide covers built-in mechanisms in Rails for testing your application.After reading this guide, you will know: Rails testing terminology. How to write unit, functional, integration, and system tests for your...

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**Author:** ![sanjanad](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@sanjanad](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sanjanad)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2009, 12:34am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/which-is-the-best-book-to-buy-for-rails-testing/180018/3 "2009-12-10T00:34:08Z")

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Sanjana D. wrote:

> is there any particular book that deals withh only testing…the entire  
> book…please let me know…
> 
> thanks

The RSpec Book, perhaps?

Best,  
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Marnen Laibow-Koser  
[http://www.marnen.org](http://www.marnen.org)  
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**Author:** ![sanjanad](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@sanjanad](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sanjanad)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2009, 9:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/which-is-the-best-book-to-buy-for-rails-testing/180018/4 "2009-12-11T21:41:28Z")

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Sijo k g wrote:

> Hi Sanjana
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> Check these also
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> [www.railsprescriptions.com/pdf/getting\_started.pdf](http://www.railsprescriptions.com/pdf/getting_started.pdf)
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> Sijo

thank u all for the suggestions 🙂 i shall look into them…

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**Author:** ![sanjanad](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@sanjanad](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sanjanad)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2009, 5:32am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/which-is-the-best-book-to-buy-for-rails-testing/180018/5 "2009-12-10T05:32:17Z")

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Hi Sanjana

Check these also

[www.railsprescriptions.com/pdf/getting\_started.pdf](http://www.railsprescriptions.com/pdf/getting_started.pdf)

Sijo