Note: We are talking about Machinist 1 here, Machinist 2 may have solved this or might require a different approach...
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:
Capybara's has_css? matcher has a couple of options you might find useful. Check that a selector appears a...
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...
It can be useful to have a Ruby expression like condition ? positive_case : negative_case in MySQL queries:
A good tool to generate strong passwords and secrets is "apg". You can get it with sudo apt-get install...
If you have several submit elements (inputs or buttons with type="submit") that each cause different things to happen (e.g...
If you need to call a state_machine event and do not want to re-define resource_controller's create...
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:
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...
In /etc/crontab In /etc/cron.d/* In /etc/cron.hourly/* In /etc/cron.daily/* In /etc/cron.weekly/* In /etc/cron.monthly/* In the personal crontab of any user. This...
When you need to delete rows from a table, and the delete conditions require a joined table, MySQL needs to...
Some web fonts with bad hinting can be fixed by applying auto-hinting with Font Squirrel.
You can use record.send(:update_without_callbacks) or record.send(:create_without_callbacks) This can be used as a...
We use RTeX for PDF exports. While converting LaTeX to PDF, RTeX opens a temporary file which has problematic permissions...
You don't need a Rails application to use Sass. Even when you're working on a static site you...
With its you can switch the subject of an example to a method value of the current subject: describe Array...
It’s pretty common for projects hosted on GitHub to receive “pull requests”: requests from people who have cloned your...