My favorite TicTacToe implementation yet. Doing testing right results in better design.

tictactoe_spec.rb

require 'rspec'

class TicTacToe
  def initialize
    @x_moves = []
    @o_moves = []
  end

  def play space
    return false unless (1..9).include?(space)
    return false if occupied?(space)
    next_player << space
    true
  end

  def at space
    return 'X' if @x_moves.include?(space)
    return 'O' if @o_moves.include?(space)
    space
  end

  def draw?
    full? && !won?
  end

  def winner
    [[1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6], [7, 8, 9],
     [1, 4, 7], [2, 5, 8], [3, 6, 9],
     [1, 5, 9], [3, 5, 7]].each do |row|
      return 'X' if row & @x_moves == row
      return 'O' if row & @o_moves == row
    end
    nil
  end

  def won?
    !winner.nil?
  end

  def finished?
    won? || draw?
  end

private
  def occupied? space
    (@x_moves + @o_moves).include?(space)
  end

  def next_player
    @x_moves.count == @o_moves.count ? @x_moves : @o_moves
  end

  def full?
    (@x_moves.count + @o_moves.count) == 9
  end
end

describe "TicTacToe" do
  let(:game) { TicTacToe.new }
  it "allows a player to play in an unoccupied space" do
    expect(game.play(5)).to be_true
  end
  it "does not allow a player to play in an occupied by X" do
    game.play(5)
    expect(game.play(5)).to be_false
  end
  it "does not allow a player to play in an occupied by O" do
    game.play(5)
    game.play(6)
    expect(game.play(6)).to be_false
  end
  it "does not allow a player to play off the board" do
    expect(game.play(10)).to be_false
  end
  it "alternates between players" do
    game.play(5)
    game.play(6)
    expect(game.at(5)).to eql('X')
    expect(game.at(6)).to eql('O')
  end
  it "lets x go first" do
    game.play(5)
    expect(game.at(5)).to eql('X')
  end
  it "knows when a draw game occurs" do
    expect(game).not_to be_draw
    [5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 1, 2, 3, 4].each {|m| game.play(m) }
    expect(game).not_to be_won
    expect(game).to be_draw
  end
  describe "winning" do
    it "happens when 3 in a row" do
      [1, 6, 2, 7, 3].each {|m| game.play(m) }
      expect(game).to be_won
      expect(game.winner).to eql('X')
    end
    it "happens when 3 in a col" do
      [1, 9, 4, 8, 7].each {|m| game.play(m) }
      expect(game).to be_won
      expect(game.winner).to eql('X')
    end
    it "happens when 3 in a diagonal" do
      [1, 5, 2, 3, 9, 7].each {|m| game.play(m) }
      expect(game).to be_won
      expect(game.winner).to eql('O')
    end
  end
end

class TicTacToeCLI
  def initialize(game)
    @game = game
  end

  def loop
    while [email protected]?
      print_board
      m = gets
      @game.play(m.to_i)
    end
    puts result
  end

  def result
    @game.won? ? "#{@game.winner} wins" : "draw"
  end

  def print_board
    puts "\n"
    (1..3).each do |r|
      (1..3).each do |c|
        print "#{@game.at((r-1)*3 + c)} "
      end
      print "\n"
    end
  end

end

game = TicTacToe.new
TicTacToeCLI.new(game).loop

about 3/5ths of the amount of total code as this (and this one has a UI):

http://blog.dev/blog/2013/04/25/tic-tac-toe-tdd/