--- title: Testing Rails from Scratch: August 2026 book updates description: An author shares a progress update on his in-progress book 'Testing Rails from Scratch,' which explores Rails' default testing stack (covering Rails 8.1 and... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/testing-rails-from-scratch-august-2026-book-updates-xxpcfbjtv 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: An author shares a progress update on his in-progress book 'Testing Rails from Scratch,' which explores Rails' default testing stack (covering Rails 8.1 and... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/testing-rails-from-scratch-august-2026-book-updates-xxpcfbjtv og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/XxPcFbjTv.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 **[Ruby Flow](https://daily.dev/sources/rubyflow)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary An author shares a progress update on his in-progress book 'Testing Rails from Scratch,' which explores Rails' default testing stack (covering Rails 8.1 and Ruby 4.0) as an alternative to RSpec. The first five chapters are available on Leanpub, with chapter 6 close to release and a target completion by end of September. He also mentions a $9 work-in-progress pricing promotion, interest in exploring the Hanakai Ruby framework, and side projects making games with Pico-8 and Picotron. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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