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How to validate the presence of a boolean field in a Rails model

A subtle bug happens when validating the presence of boolean fields in Rails. Here’s how to find it before it hits production.
Stefanni Brasil
December 21, 2022
- Testing
- Ruby
- Rails
This week in #dev (Dec 2, 2022)

Running shell commands in Ruby, truly random numbers, fixing flaky tests, and how to get the most out of TypeScript.
thoughtbot
December 20, 2022
- This Week In Dev
- Testing
- Ruby
- TypeScript
- TIL
- Tip
Your flaky tests might be time dependent

Time dependent tests are difficult to diagnose, and the symptoms don’t present themselves until it’s too late. This article will help you determine if your test suite is time dependent.
Steve Polito
December 5, 2022
- Testing
- Rails
- Web
What happens when you stop maintaining your Rails application?

Here are the risks and common scenarios we see when a team doesn’t have a plan for ongoing maintenance for their Rails application. We also share how we support clients in these situations with our new, flexible, Rails Maintenance offering.
Jeanine Soterwood
November 21, 2022
- Good Code
- TDD
- Testing
- Rails
- Web
- Technical Debt
Using a Dependency Graph to Visualize RSpec let

A visual answer to the question “what data is created when I execute this test?”.
Joël Quenneville
October 3, 2022
- Development
- Web
- Ruby
- Rails
- Testing
We need to talk about fixtures

How the principle of connascence will help us to move away from fixtures.
Matheus Sales
July 4, 2022
It's official - RSpec Training

Formalizing how we support our clients with unique to you RSpec training.
Kelly Gebo
June 15, 2022
- Ruby
- Test
- Testing
- Mentoring
Testing Techniques: The I/O Table

Leverage the power of the I/O table mindset to make your tests as maintainable and readable as possible.
Thiago Araújo Silva
April 21, 2022
- Testing
- Ruby
- Databases
- PostgreSQL
Integration Testing with Capybara

Blend the speed of Rack::Test-driven Integration Tests with the power and utility of Capybara finders and assertions.
Sean Doyle
November 3, 2021
- Rails
- Testing
- HTTP
- HTML
Testing Your Edge Cases

A little combination math goes a long way to catching edge cases.
Joël Quenneville
September 8, 2021
- Testing
- Ruby
- Development
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