7 Fresh and Simple Ways to Test Cross-Browser Compatibility | Freelance Folder
In this article we’ve listed 7 fresh and simple tools for cross-browser compatibility testing, tools that actually make this stuff pretty easy. Not only that, but every single one of these tools can be used for free.
Celerity | Easy and fast functional test automation for web applications
Celerity is a JRuby wrapper around HtmlUnit – a headless Java browser with JavaScript support. It provides a simple API for programmatic navigation through web applications. Celerity aims at being API compatible with Watir.
Ultimate rspec matcher to test named_scope or scoped - Web development blog
What do we expect from the custom finder? We expect that it should find assets A, B, C and should not find assets D, E, F. And sometimes the order is important: it should find A, B C with exact order.
Building web applications: Beyond the happy path
Web apps fail on devices, browsers, slow networks, large data, and printing when responsive design, loading states, image handling, and metadata are neglected.
How to use html_safe correctly
html_safe marks strings for unescaped insertion in Rails views, but does not unescape content; misusing it on user input can enable XSS.
List of Helpful RubyMine Shortcuts
RubyMine keyboard shortcuts speed navigation, multi-caret editing, refactoring, and file handling for everyday Ruby development tasks.
When loading Yaml contents in Ruby, use the :freeze argument to deep-freeze everything
YAML.safe_load and YAML.safe_load_file can deep-freeze parsed YAML with freeze: true, keeping configuration data fully immutable; ... .freeze leaves nested objects mutable.
Do not forget mailer previews
Mailer previews often break when mailer code changes, and automated checks can catch missing updates before they reach development workflows.
Unpoly: Showing the better_errors page when Rails raises an error
AJAX errors in Unpoly can hide the full better_errors page in Rails development. A fallback full-page reload restores the interactive error view and CSS.
Middleman configuration for Rails Developers
Rails-friendly Middleman setup for live reload, asset pipeline, i18n, environment-specific config, browser testing, and Capistrano deployment.
Some tips for upgrading Bootstrap from 3 to 4
Migrating a larger Rails app from Bootstrap 3 to 4 often breaks styles, components and helper gems; planning library upgrades and rebuilding variables reduces the pain.
SameSite cookies
Browser defaults are shifting toward SameSite=Lax, making cross-site cookie behavior stricter and exposing iframe, API, and non-GET request flows that need SameSite=None or Strict.
Rails: Testing the number of database queries
N+1 queries and excessive eager loading can be caught by asserting exact database query counts in specs with the make_database_queries RSpec matcher.
RubyMine: Efficiently filtering results in the "Finder" overlay
RubyMine Finder searches can return huge result sets; file masks, directory limits, regex, and other filters narrow matches and speed up locating the right code.
RSpec: Executing specs by example id (or "nesting index")
Running one RSpec example without line numbers avoids fragile file-position matches when specs change. Example ids, also called nesting indexes, target the example tree directly.
Ruby: How to use global variables for a conditional debugger
Global variables can temporarily gate a Ruby debugger, avoiding repeated stops in callbacks and specs when only one execution path matters.
Do not use transparent PNGs for iOS favicons
Transparent apple-touch-icon images on iOS turn black in Safari, so solid backgrounds prevent ugly home-screen and bookmark icons.
How to write complex migrations in Rails
Complex Rails schema changes need SQL, embedded migration models, or adapter helpers when simple add_column and update calls cannot handle existing data safely.
How to use Active Job to decouple your background processing from a gem
Background jobs in Rails can stay adapter-agnostic by using ActiveJob, making Sidekiq or Resque easy to swap without changing worker code.
Your browser might silently change setTimeout(f, 0) to setTimeout(f, 4)
Nested zero-delay timers are clamped by browsers, so repeated setTimeout(f, 0) calls can run several milliseconds late, especially in background tabs.
Enumerators in Ruby
Ruby each methods can return an enumerator when no block is given, enabling lazy iteration, chaining, and pagination-friendly data fetching.