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Headless Capybara Feature Specs with Chrome

We’re experimenting with running feature specs using Chrome’s new headless mode. How do we set it up, and how does it compare to Capybara-WebKit?
Derek Prior
June 16, 2017
- Rails
- Testing
- Web
Decorating ActiveRecord

Avoid some tricky edge cases when decorating ActiveRecord models.
Joël Quenneville
March 31, 2017
- Web
- Ruby
- Rails
Chain RSpec Matchers for Improved Test Readability

Improve test readability by leveraging RSpec’s matcher composition to make multiple assertions with a single matcher.
Josh Clayton
March 9, 2017
- Web
- RSpec
- Ruby
- Rails
- Testing
Slicing up Rails Application.js for Faster Load Times

How to profile page load performance in Chrome and break out modular JavaScript assets.
Oli Peate
February 27, 2017
- Performance
- Rails
Validation, Database Constraint, or Both?

What happens when we stop using validations for data integrity and instead use them for user interface?
Derek Prior
February 15, 2017
- Web
- Rails
Block Web Crawlers with Rails

Search engines “crawl” and “index” web content through programs called robots (a.k.a. crawlers or spiders). Here are some approaches to blocking them in Ruby on Rails apps.
Dan Croak
February 10, 2017
- Rails
- Ruby
- SEO
- Web
Update Your Gems Early and Often

bundle outdated can be useful for keeping your bundler dependencies updated.
Ian Zabel
January 24, 2017
- Rails
- Ruby
- Web
Options for adding a blog to a Rails application

TL;DR: roll your own.
Tute Costa
November 18, 2016
- Rails
- Blog
- Web
thoughtbot Ruby Open Source is Ready for Rails 5

Upgrade all the things!
Tute Costa
July 1, 2016
- Open Source
- Ruby
- Rails
- Paperclip
- Clearance
- Suspenders
- Scenic
- Web
Action Mailer and Active Job sitting in a tree...

Getting started with Action Mailer and Active Job.
Elle Meredith
May 25, 2016
- Ruby
- Rails
- Web
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