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After adding a vdisk to an ESXi linux guest you will assert that you can't find a new device...
You might wonder about this request in your test.log: Started GET "/__identify__" for 127.0.0.1 at 2015-04-29 18:00...
In RSpec you can tag examples or example groups with any tags you like simply by saying describe ReportCreator, slow...
List of cloud services and SaaS with a free tier for developers or that are generally free for open source...
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When ending a Selenium test Capybara resets the browser state by closing the tab, clearing cookies, localStorage, etc.
There are some frontends available, but they all suck, are no longer maintained or are hard to install.
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