CucumberFactory 1.11 adds support for FactoryGirl traits, letting Cucumber steps create records with named variations such as vintage and moody.

Mock expectations in RSpec can linger across examples; resetting a proxy removes the configured doubles and returns the object to its original state.

Gem for instantly showing failing specs while continuing to run the rest of the suite, instead of aborting on the first failure.

Using Consul’s authorization matcher with RSpec 2.x on Rails 3.x can fail because of version incompatibilities. Compatibility requires adapting the matcher setup.

Capybara and selenium-webdriver version mismatches can break element interaction with a private select method error. Aligning gem versions avoids the API incompatibility.

hash_including in WebMock v3.0.1 compares query values as strings, so integer expectations fail unless the request matcher uses '1' instead of 1.

Copy a single MySQL table between deployment stages by dumping it from one database and importing it into another; imports overwrite existing tables, not merge them.

attribute? often checks presence like attribute.present?, but numeric values and associations behave differently; 0 can be false for ActiveRecord query attributes.

datetime_select creates a clumsy date and time chooser in Rails; a visual picker is usually better, but a Cucumber step can still drive it.

Useful Cucumber steps help inspect a Capybara session by opening the current page in a browser or starting an interactive debugger.

Send raw HTTP or HTTPS requests from the command line when curl is unavailable or unsuitable, using nc, telnet, or openssl s_client.

Built-in support for Rails and Bootstrap error classes reduces step overrides, while configurable error classes, XPath selectors, and optional negation improve flexibility.

Controller specs can fail without reaching controller code when authentication is missing, no request is triggered, or views stay unrendered.

Geordi 2.7.0 tightens command behavior: cucumber now fails early on @solo feature failures, and commit warns on empty commits while showing progress.

Rails 4 controller specs can send raw JSON in a member action request by passing the JSON body before the route parameters.

Version mismatches between Mocha and Rails 3.2 can trigger an already initialized constant warning; updating Mocha and using a matching Rails version avoids it.

Immediate feedback for failing RSpec examples while passing ones continue to appear as green dots. Uses rspec/instafail with RSpec::Instafail formatting.

rspec_candy 0.4.0 adds support for RSpec 3 and Rails 4, while dropping the unmaintained state_machine integration.

Quoted CSS attribute selectors let Capybara check meta tags reliably; unquoted values can trigger Nokogiri CSS syntax errors.

Blueprint attributes in Machinist can keep inherited values unless nil is wrapped in a block; editor { nil } clears the master value, plain nil does not.

Capybara's save_and_open_page files can clutter the Rails root when debugging Cucumber scenarios. Set Capybara.save_and_open_page_path to store them elsewhere.

RSpec one-liners can assert expectations on subject with implicit example descriptions, using should or is_expected in expect-based syntax.