The Git stash does not work like a one-slot clipboard and you might shoot yourself in the foot if...

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An alternative to this technique is using VCR. VCR allows you to record and replay real HTTP responses, saving you...

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A fake filesystem. Use it in your tests.

Most of these will not work in newer projects because these use the Capybara/Rack::Test combo in lieu of Webrat...

With defaults, RCov doesn't work the way you how you would like it to. To create a nice test...

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We built cucumber_spinner to have a progress bar for Cucumber features, which also outputs failing scenarios as soon as...

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To test concurrent code, you will need to run multiple threads. Unfortunately, when you use blocking system calls (e.g. locks...

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Install gem and plugin sudo gem install parallel script/plugin install git://github.com/grosser/parallel_tests.git Adapt config/database.yml test: database: xxx_test<%= ENV...

When you need to patch an existing gem, one way is to "vendor" the gem by copying it into the...

To run a single test file: rake test:units TEST=test/unit/post_test.rb rake test:functionals TEST=test/functional/posts_controller_test.rb rake test:integration TEST...

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Basic configuration Please keep this config simple. It should be a starting point for new developers learning Git. [user]

jqueryElement.is(':checked')

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Cerberus is a lightweight and easy-to-use Continuous Builder software for Ruby. It could be run periodically from a...

railscheck.rubyforge.org

This project is (or will be) a best effort semi-static verifier for your Ruby on Rails projects. Delivered as...

log.reflectivesurface.com

The argument that using tests is a ideologic waster of time fails when one considers how it can help to...

stopdesign.com

Until some future version of HTML gives us new native controls to use in a browser, at Google, we’ve...

freelancefolder.com

In this article we’ve listed 7 fresh and simple tools for cross-browser compatibility testing, tools that actually make...

blog.whatwg.org

It turned out that the test subject didn't know that longdesc even existed before the tester told him about...

bark.metacasa.net

Unfortunately, by default plugin tests are pretty bland. They use the plain unit test suite supplied by Ruby, and not...

integrityapp.com

Integrity is the angel watching over your shoulder while you code. As soon as you push your commits, it builds...

metric-fu.rubyforge.org

Metric_fu is a set of rake tasks that make it easy to generate metrics reports. It uses Saikuro, Flog...

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Or, you can test your Rack application (or Sinatra, or Rails, or Merb) using arbitrary HTTP client libraries, to check...

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Rake tasks to run specs and tests in parallel, to use multiple CPUs and speedup test runtime.