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  1. How to Stub External Services in Tests

    Requests to external services during test runs can cause several issues: ...

    Harlow Ward
    October 19, 2013
    • Web
    • Testing
    • Ruby
  2. Testing Null Objects

    A Null Object is a drop in replacement for one of the other objects in your...

    George Brocklehurst
    September 10, 2013
    • Web
    • Testing
  3. Use RSpec.vim with tmux and Dispatch

    (And Keep Your Screen Real Estate) As you may know, there are...

    Caleb Hearth
    August 12, 2013
    • Web
    • Vim
    • Ruby
    • Testing
    • tmux
    • Open Source
  4. Running Specs from Vim, Sent to tmux via Tslime

    When I first started working at thoughtbot, I was impressed to see some of my...

    Joël Quenneville
    August 8, 2013
    • Web
    • tmux
    • Vim
    • Ruby
    • Testing
  5. Running Specs From Vim

    Test driven development thrives on a tight feedback loop. However, switching...

    Dan Croak
    August 5, 2013
    • News
    • Web
    • Vim
    • Testing
  6. Taming Factory Bot List Creation

    There are times in your tests when you need to create multiple instances of...

    Derek Prior
    July 13, 2013
    • Web
    • Ruby
    • Testing
    • Factory Girl
    • Factory Bot
  7. Shoulda Matchers 2.0

    Shoulda Matchers has been around for a long time. Unfortunately, it’s...

    Jason Draper
    April 3, 2013
    • News
    • Web
    • Ruby
    • Testing
    • Shoulda
  8. How to Test Sinatra-Based Web Services

    Testing http endpoints in sinata apps.

    Harlow Ward
    March 17, 2013
    • Web
    • Ruby
    • HTTP
    • Testing
  9. Fight back UTF-8 Invalid Byte Sequences

    Chances are, some of you have run into the issue with the invalid byte...

    Joel Oliveira
    February 9, 2013
    • Web
    • Ruby
    • Testing
  10. 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
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