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  1. ./bin/setup

    In our protocol guide, we instruct new developers to set up an existing Rails...

    Dan Croak
    January 25, 2013
    • Web
    • Ruby
    • Rails
  2. Ruby Science: Improving Callbacks and Validations

    We have three new chapters to announce this week in Ruby Science. If you’re...

    Joe Ferris
    January 18, 2013
    • Web
    • Ruby
    • Rails
  3. Delivering All Email From Staging To A Group Email Address

    All email from the staging environment of a Rails app can be intercepted and...

    Dan Croak
    January 18, 2013
    • Web
    • Ruby
    • Rails
  4. Process Jobs Inline when Running Acceptance Tests

    Web apps often move long-running processes (such as delivering email) out of...

    Josh Clayton
    January 14, 2013
    • Web
    • Rails
    • Testing
  5. Improving Rails boot time with Zeus

    Zeus improves Rails boot time. Saving seconds is most important when running...

    Dan Croak
    January 10, 2013
    • Web
    • Ruby
    • Rails
    • Testing
  6. Ruby Science: How to Eliminate Feature Envy and Comments

    Since launching Ruby Science we’ve written and released five new chapters....

    Harlow Ward
    January 8, 2013
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  7. Faster Tests: Sign In Through The Back Door

    One way to make tests faster is to no load and submit the sign in form during...

    Dan Croak
    December 14, 2012
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  8. She Blinded Me with Ruby Science

    We love Rails, object-oriented programming, and refactoring. We use a...

    Joe Ferris
    December 13, 2012
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  9. Better serialization, less as_json

    Improving the generation of JSON.

    Alex Grant
    November 27, 2012
    • Web
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    • Good Code
  10. End-to-End Testing with RSpec Integration Tests and Capybara

    Stability can become an issue as web applications evolve and grow –...

    Harlow Ward
    October 26, 2012
    • Web
    • Testing
    • Ruby
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