[richardjordan]

This was my experience too. I tried to use Test::Unit because I was learning from scratch, Rails 2.something, and Test::Unit was "The Rails Way". But I was fumbling in the dark. The community around RSpec picked me up and carried me to the testing promised land.

[evolve2k]

This. That was totally my experience too, after freaking out learning rails the friendly rspec syntax and natural readability felt like I'd reached a pub while lost in the desert.