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Beginning with Cucumber
Episode #155Mar 30, 2009107 comments

Beginning with Cucumber

Cucumber is a high-level testing framework. In this episode we will create a new Rails application from scratch using behavior driven development. (15 minutes)
Webrat
Episode #156Apr 06, 200960 comments

Webrat

If you prefer writing integration tests in ruby instead of Cucumber's plain english, consider interacting with Webrat directly as I show in this episode. (7 minutes)
Factories not Fixtures
Episode #158Apr 20, 200967 comments

Factories not Fixtures

Fixtures are external dependencies which can make tests brittle and difficult to read. In this episode I show a better alternative using factories to generate the needed records. (12 minutes)
Metrics Metrics Metrics
Episode #252Feb 07, 201138 comments

Metrics Metrics Metrics

Metric Fu, Metrical, SimpleCov, Rails Best Practices, and more are covered in this episode on metrics. (7 minutes)
New Gem with Bundler
Episode #245Dec 20, 201037 comments

New Gem with Bundler

Creating new gems is easy with the `bundle gem` command. In this episode I will walk you through how this works. (7 minutes)
Selenium
Episode #116Jun 30, 200864 comments

Selenium

Selenium is a great way to test your app automatically through a browser. See how it works in this episode. (9 minutes)
Gemcutter & Jeweler
Episode #183Oct 12, 200951 comments

Gemcutter & Jeweler

Gemcutter is a new service for hosting RubyGems, and Jeweler provides an automated way to release versions of a gem. (7 minutes)
Integrating Active Merchant
Episode #145Jan 19, 200991 comments

Integrating Active Merchant

In this episode I show how to add Active Merchant's functionality to a Rails application to make a fully-functional checkout process. (18 minutes)
Metric Fu
Episode #166Jun 15, 200943 comments

Metric Fu

Metric Fu is a compilation of several tools to help find areas of code that could be improved. In this episode I show you how to setup this tool on the railscasts.com source code. (9 minutes)
More on Cucumber
Episode #159Apr 27, 200957 comments

More on Cucumber

There is a lot more to Cucumber than I showed in an earlier episode. See how to refactor complex scenarios in this episode. (18 minutes)