The How and Why of End-to-End Testing
Tested codebases are the most signficiant development from Rails and Agile over the last 15 years. End-to-end testing, in particular, is the defining reason why Agile and Rails have been so successful. Not writing tests should be seen as akin to malpractice in software development. Hiring someone to write untested code should be outlawed.
Capybara: Taming the Hydrochoerus (with Poltergeist, database_cleaner and friends)
If you're a Ruby or Rails developer looking for some advice on how to get better at integration testing: congratulations! You've reached the highest level...
A Better wait_for_ajax
def wait_for_ajax counter = 0 while page.evaluate_script("typeof($) === 'undefined'") counter += 1 print "^" $stdout.flush sleep(0.1) raise "Jquery not initialized after 10 seconds." if counter...