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Tracking flakey tests in Ruby on Rails / Rspec - is there a way to do this?
Currently working on a Ruby-on-Rails codebase, testing is done with Rspec. We use BuildKite to run tests.
We are in a situation where sometimes tests will fail, and upon a retry or two, pass. AKA, we ...
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Is it a good idea to violate the DRY rule for keeping the action in proper context?
Maybe that's simple, but it confuses me. I have such a code now:
describe VarnishLogExaminer::Entry do
let(:entry) do
file_string = File.read('./spec/assets/varnish_example.xml')
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Name of a symbol in ruby
I'm very new to ruby. I have to code in ruby at work and a coworker gave me some tests he wrote in ruby. I have some difficulties to understand a line he wrote.
We have a class like this:
class Port
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Replace repeated timestamp with variable in tests
I have couple hundred tests and I work with date/time a lot. In some tests, I aim for output format, elsewhere, I check date ranges. Therefore, my tests have lots of these:
FactoryGirl.create(:foo, ...
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Should you mock key-value stores/aggregators
I've always been taught that your tests should run in isolation, and other than a db for ActiveRecord etc., your tests should not rely on any external software/services. e.g. I always mock my other ...
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How can I write these services using SOLID and keep them easy to test?
I am trying to write a couple of classes using SOLID principles and having some trouble.
The problem is quite simple. I have an application that tracks leads. Leads are created when events are raised ...
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Should I be writing feature or request specs?
I've been writing model specs for a while now and I'm gradually moving towards integration testing. Right now, I'm looking at the best way to test the output of my ActiveAdmin dashboard but I'm unsure ...
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Should I use expect or should when writing RSpec specs? [closed]
Please can someone explain to me how I should go about deciding whether to use expect or should syntax for my rspec examples.
From my understanding we should no longer be using the 'should' syntax.
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