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  1. testing your tests

    Recently I was taking a look at my tests and noticed some things. I’ve been...

    Jared Carroll
    November 1, 2007
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    • Rails
    • Testing
  2. its not your responsibility

    Sometimes in Rails you ask yourself: how do I test this? One example is...

    Jared Carroll
    September 19, 2007
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  3. time to step up

    Testing views in Rails applications.

    Jared Carroll
    September 16, 2007
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  4. Brittle Tests

    Thoughts on ActionMailer fixtures in rails.

    Tammer Saleh
    September 6, 2007
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    • Testing
  5. Shoulda Gets Busy with Your Controllers

    A while back we released the Shoulda Plugin to help with testing your...

    Tammer Saleh
    July 25, 2007
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  6. muck focking

    Most of the time in my tests I mock out all external resources, e.g. file...

    Jared Carroll
    July 6, 2007
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  7. Introducing the Shoulda Testing Plugin

    So we’ve been hinting for some time now that we were going to tidy up the...

    Tammer Saleh
    April 6, 2007
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  8. I Mock Your Fixtures, Too

    Mocking is a beautiful thing. There are no words to describe the immense...

    Eric Torrey
    April 4, 2007
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  9. I Mock Your Fixtures

    Testing is a beautiful thing. There are no words to describe the immense...

    Eric Torrey
    March 26, 2007
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  10. More Testing Goodness

    So, some test helpers that we’ve been working on here at thoughtbot. Here’s...

    Tammer Saleh
    March 23, 2007
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