Running rails server will start a local server that you can access via http://localhost:3000. When you are working...
We often use the Then console step from spreewald in combination with geordi vnc from geordi to debug tests within...
In Spreewald 1.10.4+, nested patiently blocks are now patient. Here is an example: patiently do outer_code patiently do
Form fields can be rendered as noneditable by setting the disabled or the readonly attribute. Be aware of the differences...
Your default postgres user is named like your linux user. That default user has limited access privileges, which can cause...
Bundler::GemRequireError: There was an error while trying to load the gem 'mysql2'. Gem Load Error is: Incorrect MySQL client...
Trying to open a vnc window with geordi geordi vnc ended up with this error: > VNC viewer could not be...
mysql> SELECT @@global.version; +------------------+ | @@global.version | +------------------+ | 5.6.30 | +------------------+ 1 row in set (0,00 sec) MySQL 5.6 Reference Manual says "BLOB and TEXT...
Use bundler > 1.15 to fix Gem::LOADED_SPECS_MUTEX (NameError). Given the following project: ruby -v ruby 1.8.7
When your Rails controller calls render, you can pass a :status option for the HTTP status code: render 'results', status...
Here is how to use Chromedriver without libraries like selenium-webdriver. This can be useful for debugging. The following example...
If you want to make a screenshot of a website that works well in print or on a high-DPI...
When flagging a spec that will be implemented later as pending, include a failing spec body or RSpec 3 will...
When a Rails controller action should handle both HTML and JSON responses, do not use request.xhr? to decide that. Use...
I recently had fun with replacing a custom video plattform ("mycustomtv") in one of our applications. I learned a lot...
Sometimes it's necessary for you to check which ports are in use on your local machine and which process...
Understanding your type of cronjob Some cronjobs must only run on a single server. E.g. when you run nightly batch...
When installing gems, a lot of time is spent building locally installed documentation that you probably never use.
When you have a pending Cucumber step (or feature) that also uses an existing VCR cassette, your pending test may...
Enumerable#all? returns true for an empty collection. This totally makes sense but you have to think about it when...
Say you want to move a git repository from one remote (perhaps Github) to another (perhaps Gitlab).
If your Rails application is using Webpack you need to serve assets on the same host as you application runs...
This cucumber step is useful for testing an image (looking at the src of the image). Then(/^I should see...
ActiveSupport::Dependencies takes care of auto-loading any classes in development. This is usually useful, but when you run into...