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TCTenzin Chemitenzinchemi.inDec 17, 2025 · 1 min read

Gotcha: Request spec

You may have faced this issue where { key: false } was treated as { “key”: “false” } when writing request specs in rails application development. Request params need to be passed as json along with content-type header in order for the Rails API to ca...

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TBThomas Brennetotblog.brennetot.comNov 25, 2025 · 1 min read

Rspec and Capybara: how to use regex or stop caring about whitespaces

I recently updated from Slim template to ERB to use Herb (Thanks Marco). I had to update a test that was very strict on the format. I realized that Capybara::Node::Simple doesn’t provide a selector for regex. The page object doesn’t have a match? met...

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LGLucian Ghindaallaboutcoding.ghinda.comNov 6, 2025 · 4 min read

RSpec and `let!`: Understanding the Potential Pitfalls

This is not a new topic; various resources have addressed it in different ways. Here are my reasons and explanations for why I prefer not to use 'let!' in RSpec. When I work on a project that uses RSpec, I prefer not to use let!. Instead, I call the ...

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YPYacine Petitprezanykeyh.hashnode.devJun 10, 2025 · 10 min read

Testing Our Application

The PTSD of Long-Running Test Suites In a previous life, I found myself staring at my terminal, watching a test suite crawl through its execution. Forty minutes. That's how long it took to run the entire test suite. Forty minutes of waiting, hoping t...

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KSKyle Smithkylecoding.comMar 28, 2025 · 2 min read

Fix flaky RSpec tests fast with parallel_tests and marsh_grass

One of the hardest parts of debugging and fixing flaky RSpec tests is reproducing the failure reliably, or even reproducing it at all. Several years ago, an experiment at my company produced the marsh_grass gem. This gem provides several tools for de...

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SBSulman Baigsulmanweb.comDec 30, 2024 · 4 min read

Rails Testing for Financial Operations

Testing financial applications requires exceptional attention to detail and robust test coverage. In this article, we'll explore advanced testing patterns for financial operations using a real-world Rails application. We'll cover transaction testing,...

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DMDavid Montesdeocadavidmontesdeoca.devDec 23, 2024 · 5 min read

The one about using factories with entities in Sinatra

I mentioned in a previous post that in the project I am currently working on we do not use Rails in most of the applications. There are some exceptions in certain legacy applications that represent th

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PPPrabin Poudelblog.zeroconfigrails.comOct 5, 2024 · 12 min read

Setup RSpec Tests in Rails with Gitlab CI

At Zero Config Rails, I (Prabin) am constantly working on automating configurations and boring setups like “Setup RSpec Tests in Rails with Gitlab CI”. CI integrations helps in improving the code quality in projects. It can help in automating code re...

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ACAllan Coderallanicode.hashnode.devMay 3, 2024 · 3 min read

Getting Started with RSpec testing in Ruby

RSpec is a test framework for ruby that has grown in popularity and for good reason. Users of Ruby have an option of picking an equally capable framework called minitest that ships with rails by default. So why pick Rspec: It reads like plain Englis...

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ÍLÍcaro Leonicaroleon.hashnode.devOct 16, 2023 · 3 min read

Movies API

Tecnologias Empregadas: Ruby 3.0.4 Rails 6.1.7.3 PostgreSQL 12.14 Ubuntu 20.04 Gems: kaminari pg_search Descrição: Desafio realizado para uma oportunidade backend. O teste consistiu em criar uma API de serviço do catálogo de filmes com doi...

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Gotcha: Request spec

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RSpec and `let!`: Understanding the Potential Pitfalls

Testing Our Application

Fix flaky RSpec tests fast with parallel_tests and marsh_grass

Rails Testing for Financial Operations

The one about using factories with entities in Sinatra

Setup RSpec Tests in Rails with Gitlab CI

Getting Started with RSpec testing in Ruby

Movies API