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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
Capybara Webkit: Now More Stable Than Ever

Especially ever! Matt Horan joined as a capybara-webkit author this fall,...
Joe Ferris
January 4, 2013
- Web
- Ruby
- Testing
- Capybara Webkit
Better Acceptance Tests with Page Objects

Use a Page Object to improve acceptance readability.
Josh Clayton
November 15, 2012
- Web
- RSpec
- Testing
Using Capybara to Test JavaScript that Makes HTTP Requests

Testing an application that integrates with an HTTP service can be tricky: ...
Joe Ferris
November 1, 2012
- Web
- JavaScript
- Testing
Let's Not

How using this popular RSpec technique can sometimes do more harm than good.
Joe Ferris
October 31, 2012
- Web
- Ruby
- Testing
- Good Code
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
- Rails
Automatically Reload the Browser for Javascript Tests

Fast tests mean a fast feedback loop when doing TDD. Let’s make our tests...
Dylan Griffin
September 29, 2012
- Web
- JavaScript
- Testing
Four-Phase Test

The Four-Phase Test is a testing pattern, applicable to all programming...
Dan Croak
September 28, 2012
- Web
- Ruby
- Testing
8 New Steps for Fixing Other People's Code

Way back in mid-2007, when Rails 1.2 was the new hotness and GitHub was still...
Alex Grant
September 15, 2012
- Web
- Git
- Ruby
- Open Source
- Testing
Testing Your Factories First

Have you ever added a seemingly innocent validation to a model, like so:...
Reade Harris
September 6, 2012
- Web
- Open Source
- Testing
- Factory Girl
- Factory Bot
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