Rails Testing Resources

I'm wondering why Webrat + RSpec doesn't seem talked about that much - does anyone have any suggestions?

Resources:


When Cucumber isn't the right approach - Steak as an alternative for solo devs / small teams

• http://www.metabates.com/2011/03/04/407-testing-tools-arent-all-the-same-choose-wisely/

Getting Started with Steak

• http://www.ruby-on-rails-outsourcing.com/articles/2011/06/23/getting-started-with-steak/

You're Cuking it Wrong - doing Cucumber testing correctly.

• http://elabs.se/blog/15-you-re-cuking-it-wrong

Railscast - Integration testing without Cucumber

• http://railscasts.com/episodes/257-request-specs-and-capybara

Capybara (alternative to Webrat)

• http://ruby5.envylabs.com/episodes/49-episode-47-february-2-2010/stories/386-capybara-it-s-bigger-than-a-webrat

Coulda

• https://github.com/elight/coulda

Webrat with Rspec - integration testing and stories

• http://benmabey.com/2008/05/19/imperative-vs-declarative-scenarios-in-user-stories.html

Using Spork and Guard

• http://railscasts.com/episodes/285-spork?autoplay=true

Capybara node matchers

• http://rubydoc.info/github/jnicklas/capybara/master/Capybara/Node/Matchers

Webrat matchers

• http://rubydoc.info/github/brynary/webrat/master/Webrat/Matchers

Writing Feature Specifications

• http://readyset.tigris.org/nonav/templates/features.html#F-01

Generating documentation from RSpec

• http://www.rubyinair.com/2011/01/produce-documentation-from-your-rspec.html

Remote Desktop Multiple Monitors

Supported from Windows Vista.

• Ensure Display Properties -> Monitors make a rectangle , maximum total resolution of 4096 x 2048.

• Ensure Remote Desktop client is version 6 or higher: 

• Open Remote Desktop client with /span ie. Start -> Run


mstsc /span


• Remote Desktop should open, spanning multiple monitors

Resources for Android with Rails

A list of sites that might be useful for developing Android applications with a Ruby on Rails backend:

• Getting started with Rails 2.0 and Android - accessing Rails via REST calls
• Android and Ruby on Rails
• http://railscasts.com/episodes/199-mobile-devices?autoplay=true