This can be helpful when you need the latest file inside a directory for processing in a shell script:
If you did file operations inside a shell or for example using Nautilus, it can take quite a while until...
Lately, we’ve been exploring ways to offer web apps that perform like native apps on mobile devices. For this...
Sometimes the order in which strings appear on a page matters to you. Spreewald gives you steps like these:
When you do tags with acts-as-taggable-on and want to preload associated tags, you can do so with...
SSL in Rails 3 is non-obvious.
Note: We are talking about Machinist 1 here, Machinist 2 may have solved this or might require a different approach...
You need to install the following packages before you can build the Nokogiri gem: sudo apt-get install libxml2-dev...
If you want to see how long your database queries actually take, you need to disable MySQL's query cache...
If you get an error message like that you are missing the Aspell files a specific language:
Even when you're using bundler, it might be significant in which order your gems are listed in your Gemfile...
This post will describe how I stumbled upon a code path in the Linux kernel which allows external programs to...
[ ] [ ]= ** ! ~ + - * / % + - >> << & ^ | <= < > >= <=> == === != =~ !~ && || .. ... ? : = %= { /= -= += |= &= >>= <<= *= &&= ||= **= defined? not or and if unless while until begin/end For more information see Table 18.4 in The Pragmatic Programmer's...
A good tool to generate strong passwords and secrets is "apg". You can get it with sudo apt-get install...
Inside before :each blocks you can refer to variables that you introduce via let later on. They do not need...
Ruby gem that provides an AR-style interface for the Pivotal Tracker API.
You need to install the following packages before you can build the Paperclip gem: sudo apt-get install imagemagick librmagick...
If a SSH shell dies (from timeout for example), you cannot kill it with the usual CTRL-C or CTRL...
These steps are now part of Spreewald. This note describes a Cucumber step that lets you write this:
Note that you should disable the Java plug-in in your browsers after installation. Ubuntu >= 12.04 Java 11
A popular ruby idiom I keep stumbling upon is def do_some_thing_for(values) values = Array(values)
Both these approaches will keep your GET parameters -- and will only work for GET requests. Capybara: When /^I reload the...
Cucumber step argument transforms can be a powerful way to make your steps more flexible. Note however that if your...
So this is the simulation that I use in my Agile Testing class, as well as in other contexts where...