--- title: Testing Rails from Scratch: August 2026 book updates description: Author gives a progress update on an in-progress book, Testing Rails from Scratch, which explores Rails' default testing stack (Minitest-based) as an... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/testing-rails-from-scratch-august-2026-book-updates-uqpl2alkr twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Testing Rails from Scratch: August 2026 book updates | daily.dev og:description: Author gives a progress update on an in-progress book, Testing Rails from Scratch, which explores Rails' default testing stack (Minitest-based) as an... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/testing-rails-from-scratch-august-2026-book-updates-uqpl2alkr og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/uqpl2ALkr.png og:image:alt: Testing Rails from Scratch: August 2026 book updates og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Testing Rails from Scratch: August 2026 book updates **[Everyday Rails](https://daily.dev/sources/evrdyrails)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Author gives a progress update on an in-progress book, Testing Rails from Scratch, which explores Rails' default testing stack (Minitest-based) as an alternative to RSpec. Five chapters are currently available on Leanpub with a work-in-progress discount, chapter six is nearly done, and the author aims to finish by the end of September. The book targets Rails 8.1 and Ruby 4.0. The author also mentions curiosity about a new Ruby framework called Hanakai and shares a personal update about making games with Pico-8 and Picotron. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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