brutal
timecop
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brutal
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What Ruby code to expect from a testing DSL?
Unless you don't write tests, the advantage of using such DSL interface is to limit the introduction of additional logic into the specification document with potential errors, to encourage the use of good Ruby patterns with low algorithmic complexity, and to make Ruby code shorter and more (machine) readable.
timecop
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About time: how to unit test code that depends on time
The Ruby equivalent is Timecop
https://github.com/travisjeffery/timecop
Dynamic languages have the advantage to be able to rewrite the standard library classes at runtime.
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What questions do you consider important for a Ruby on Rails technical interview?
vs https://github.com/travisjeffery/timecop yes it's true and i am happy to show everybody that they don't need timecop in rails test suite anymore.
- What are your top useful gems?
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Travel in time in development/staing/... in your Rails app
I believe you already familiar with the gem https://github.com/travisjeffery/timecop which is very useful for testing.
What are some alternatives?
DuckRails - Development tool to mock API endpoints quickly and easily (docker image available)
Parallel Tests - Ruby: 2 CPUs = 2x Testing Speed for RSpec, Test::Unit and Cucumber
capybara-webkit
vcr - Record your test suite's HTTP interactions and replay them during future test runs for fast, deterministic, accurate tests.
mutant - Automated code reviews via mutation testing - semantic code coverage.
R Spec - A minimalist RSpec clone with all the essentials. [Moved to: https://github.com/cyril/r_spec-clone.rb]
Ruby-JMeter - A Ruby based DSL for building JMeter test plans
Knapsack - Knapsack splits tests evenly across parallel CI nodes to run fast CI build and save you time.
Capybara - Acceptance test framework for web applications
factory_bot - A library for setting up Ruby objects as test data.
Spring - Rails application preloader