# \[ANN\] RSpec 1.0 **URL:** \ **Category:** ruby-talk\ **Created:** [19 May 2007 21:10 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/ann-rspec-1-0/37712 "2007-05-19T21:10:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![David\_Chelimsky2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@David\_Chelimsky2](https://rubytalk.org/u/David_Chelimsky2)\ **Post date:** [19 May 2007 21:10 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/ann-rspec-1-0/37712/1 "2007-05-19T21:10:04Z")
The RSpec Development Team is extraordinarily pleased to announce the release of RSpec-1.0.0. == RSpec RSpec provides a Domain Specific Language for describing and verifying the behaviour of Ruby code with executable examples. Some people like to call these examples "tests". In fact, they are. But we believe that tests have equally important value as documentation and as a design aid, and that the testing nomenclature and syntax in most unit testing frameworks keep too much focus on only the testing value, and hide the design and documentation value. This belief was a prime motivator for the emergence of Behaviour Driven Development, and RSpec is the original BDD tool in Ruby. == 1.0.0 This release represents a stake in the ground for the current API. While RSpec will certainly continue to grow as more people use it and provide valuable feedback, we are committed to the supporting the current API. Does this mean that we'll never break backwards compatibility again? We hope that it does. Of course, we can not predict all of the great ideas will come along. If we find ourselves in a situation in which such a change requires breaking backwards compatibility, we will only do so in a major release (i.e. 2.0.0), and will continue to support the previous major release for a reasonable amount of time. == Thanks We'd like to thank the 300+ members of the rspec-users and rspec-devel mailing lists who provide us with consistently invaluable feedback. We'd also like to thank the 40 contributors who have helped to fix nearly 200 bugs and 150 feature requests since Steve Baker registered RSpec in July of 2005. See [http://rspec.rubyforge.org/community/index.html](http://rspec.rubyforge.org/community/index.html). == Numbers and facts \* 16000 Downloads (ranked 31 on Rubyforge) \* 40 contributors (bugfixes and patches) \* 2000 svn commits \* 890,000 Google hits for rspec+ruby \* 100% coverage \* 100% Self-describing == The RSpec Development Team is David Chelimsky Aslak Hellesøy Brian Takita Dave Astels Steve Baker (the original author) ---
**Author:** ![BIl\_Kleb1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a587f6/32.png) [@BIl\_Kleb1](https://rubytalk.org/u/BIl_Kleb1)\ **Post date:** [20 May 2007 01:00 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/ann-rspec-1-0/37712/2 "2007-05-20T01:00:10Z")
David Chelimsky wrote: > The RSpec Development Team is extraordinarily pleased to announce the > release of RSpec-1.0.0. Happy days! Congratulations, > **···** > > -- > Bil Kleb > [http://fun3d.larc.nasa.gov](http://fun3d.larc.nasa.gov)