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  1. Factory Bot 2.2, your new best friend!

    Aside from a handful of internal code clean up, Factory Bot 2.2 brings a...

    Josh Clayton
    October 14, 2011
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    • Factory Girl
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  2. capybara-webkit doesn't like #fork

    Tips for using capybara-webkit with cucumber suites and forking.

    Jon Yurek
    October 13, 2011
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    • Capybara Webkit
  3. Separate your filters

    Separate the things which are not searching from the things which are indeed actually searching.

    Mike Burns
    October 6, 2011
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    • Rails
    • Good Code
  4. Getting Sequential: A look into a Factory Bot Anti-pattern

    I’ve noticed a handful of what I’d consider Factory Bot anti-patterns, either...

    Josh Clayton
    October 3, 2011
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  5. How To Masquerade As Another User To See How They Use Your App

    Recently, I created thoughtbot Foursquare lists to help out-of-town workshops...

    Dan Croak
    September 22, 2011
    • Web
    • Rails
  6. Testing Rails Applications with Capybara Webkit

    Modern applications use Javascript. You can make rich user interfaces that...

    September 17, 2011
    • Web
    • Rails
    • JavaScript
    • Testing
    • Capybara Webkit
  7. Backbone.js on Rails eBook: updates and a sample

    Since we announced the Backbone.js on Rails eBook project a little over a...

    Jason Morrison
    August 26, 2011
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  8. Nesting content_tag in Rails 3

    Nesting content_tag in Rails 3 is counter-intuitive. This looks like it will...

    Gabe Berke-Williams
    August 19, 2011
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  9. ActiveRecord, Caching, and the Single Responsibility Principle

    I was working on a messaging system earlier this week and noticed a pretty...

    Josh Clayton
    August 19, 2011
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  10. Custom Formats for DateTime

    Date::DATE_FORMATS is quite helpful. It lets you do this:...

    Gabe Berke-Williams
    August 16, 2011
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