If rspec hangs with no output and you dont get a backtrace neither with --backtrace nor by just killing it...
Travis changed their default distribution from Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) to 16.04 (precise). This might break your test setup for new...
Until Capybara 2, node finders that accept a text option were able to find nodes based on rendered text, even...
Download buttons can be difficult to test, especially with Selenium. Depending on browser, user settings and response headers, one of...
TL;DR Most web applications do not require action on this. SameSite=None (old browser default) will continue to work...
RSpec >= 3.3 added aggregate_failures, which allows multiple failures in an example and list them all, rather than aborting on...
Suggested Workflow Set the ruby version in .ruby-version to 2.3.5, then perform these steps one by one, fixing errors...
When your code does not behave as expected, you can use a debugger statement ("breakpoint") at any point in your...
In ruby you can easily read and write CSVs with the standard CSV library class. On top of this, you...
When you are using lambdas in RSpec to assert certain changes of a call, you know this syntax: expect { playlist.destroy...
Geordi uses parallel_tests if available for running the test suite. To debug an application it is very unhandy to...
There seems to be no built-in matcher in RSpec to check if a string contains terms in the desired...
A JavaScript error in an E2E test with Selenium will not cause your test to fail. This may cause you...
Migrating data from a legacy into a new system can be a surprisingly large undertaking. We have done this a...
At makandra, we've built a few gems over the years. Some of these are quite popular: spreewald (> 1M downloads...
RSpec let's you chain a matcher with .or. The expectation will then pass if at least one matcher matches...
CarrierWave comes with some RSpec matchers which will make testing more comfortable. Let's say you have an Uploader like...
If the argument list is the same every time: expect(object).to receive(:foo).with('argument').and_return('response 1...
Here is how to use Chromedriver without libraries like selenium-webdriver. This can be useful for debugging. The following example...
When flagging a spec that will be implemented later as pending, include a failing spec body or RSpec 3 will...
To check which elements an ActiveRecord relation contains use the contain_exactly matcher. describe User do let!(:admin) { create(:user...
The issue: You are using stub_const to change a constant value for your test. stub_const "SomeClass::CONST", 'test...
Situation: You want to write a spec for a function inside an Angular service. This function at some point makes...
Sometimes when working with VCR you still want to use webmock. Since VCR hooks into webmock and fails when an...