ChicagoRuby @ NinjaHoldings

Speakers: 🎤 Tony Yunker ( in person ) - Testing ReadOnly Models Readonly models are a great way to signal that, well, you should only ever read them, not write them. Maybe you have some external system that connects to the database for writes, or maybe your Rails app connects to some data warehouse for some queries or reports. The problem? Readonly models could create friction in specs, especially if your spec needs persisted records. Tony will introduce a proposed approach which preserves realistic production behavior in tests without resorting to raw SQL or globally disabling readonly protections. About Tony: Tony is a software engineer at Hashrocket. He studied mathematics at the University of Illinois, but made the move to software development when he saw the same relationships and patterns in software as in Abstract Algebra. After starting his career in the .NET world, he discovered open source and Ruby on Rails and never looked back. He appreciates clean code and fast tests, sound and reliable architecture, and doesn't like when things break. While Tony loves the dynamic…