Getting Started With IronRuby And RSpec
BDD-style feature tests using IronRuby and RSpec/Cucumber
Example of using ironRubys mini_rspec library

Yeah, so game on I think. If you’re not sure why I’m so excited by the prospect of doing this I suggest you have a look at some BDD examples using RSpec and Cucumber. In my mind it’s light years ahead of what we can currently do with the .Net framework.

Whilst I really like the idea of actually doing this I do have some reservations:

• You still have to compile your .Net code so no enormous time savings.
• RSpec takes some time to get going as well, which is not a problem if you’re doing a large run but might be quite annoying otherwise.
• Have no idea how you’d be able to get test coverage reports (I’m sure some bright spark will get this working soon enough).
• Not exactly sure how debugging would work (stepping into your .Net code from an RSpec test).

On a side note and forgetting about the instability of it for a second I was really impressed with IronRuby and the CLR interop so, er.. *gulp* well done Microsoft!