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  1. Shoulda 2.10: time for a little love for ActionController

    Shoulda’s ActiveRecord macros received some well-deserved attention in...

    Joe Ferris
    March 4, 2009
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    • Shoulda
  2. Mixing Cucumber with Test::Unit/Shoulda

    I don’t know if cucumber is a fruit or vegetable There’s a lot...

    Joe Ferris
    February 20, 2009
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    • Shoulda
  3. FactoryBot 1.2: Adding Excitement to Stale Factories

    Some like it hot The FactoryBot syntax was designed to balance...

    Joe Ferris
    February 17, 2009
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  4. Speculating with Shoulda

    Shoulda used RSpec Shoulda’s users have long enjoyed the...

    Joe Ferris
    February 3, 2009
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  5. Waiting For a Factory~~Girl~~Bot

    Introducing a gem to create test data via factories.

    Joe Ferris
    June 6, 2008
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  6. Skinny controllers, skinny models in Rails

    Does a simple controller mean a complex model in Rails development?

    Joe Ferris
    May 1, 2008
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    • Rails
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