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The Case for WET Tests

We can always make our test suite more DRY. But should we?
Amanda Beiner
December 10, 2019
- Testing
- TypeScript
- JavaScript
- React
Faking External Services in Tests with Adapters

When faking external services in tests, start with something simple. I like having a public interface to adapters and having an in-memory adapter for tests. Let me show you an example.
German Velasco
November 28, 2019
- Testing
- Ruby
- Rails
- Web
GraphQL: The Case of the Missing Fields

Because who doesn’t like a good ole mystery?
EJ Mitchell
October 14, 2019
- Testing
- Web
- Architecture
- Debugging
Mocking React components with Jest

Mocking in Jest can be tricky. Mocking React Components in Jest with ES modules can be even tricker. Yet, it’s still possible.
Edward Loveall
September 24, 2019
- React
- Testing
- JavaScript
- TypeScript
- Node.js
Mocking and faking external dependencies in elixir tests

Explore a combination of mocking, faking, and dependency injection to focus on the code being tested.
Wil Hall
September 23, 2019
- Testing
- Elixir
TDDing in React with Apollo and TypeScript

Pointers for doing TDD with React using Apollo and TypeScript.
Alejandro Dustet
June 25, 2019
- Testing
- TDD
- TypeScript
- JavaScript
- GraphQL
- Apollo
- React
- Web
Deprecating static attributes in factory_bot 4.11

Static attributes have been the source of much confusion over the years. Their deprecation will come with a rubocop-rspec Cop to automatically replace with dynamic attributes.
Daniel Colson
August 16, 2018
- Factory Bot
- Open Source
- Testing
- Ruby
Why Factories?

Understanding why we use factories helps us write faster, more readable tests.
Joël Quenneville
January 12, 2018
- Ruby
- Web
- Testing
factory_bot

factory_girl is becoming factory_bot.
Avielle Wolfe and Josh Clayton
October 24, 2017
- News
- Web
- Rails
- Testing
- RSpec
- Ruby
- Factory Girl
- Factory Bot
Debugging Why Your Specs Have Slowed Down

Your test suite used to be lightning fast but now it’s starting to feel a bit sluggish. Before adding CI parallelization, let’s see if there’s any clutter to remove.
Mike Wenger
September 22, 2017
- Testing
- Ruby
- Rails
- Factory Girl
- Web
- Factory Bot
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