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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
Metric Fu, Metrical, SimpleCov, Rails Best Practices, and more are covered in this episode on metrics.
(7 minutes)
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)
Rails 3 Beta and RVM
Get started with Rails 3.0 Beta and install Ruby 1.9.1 using RVM: Ruby Version Manager. Stay tuned to the end for a challenge on giving back to open source.
(8 minutes)
Upgrading to Rails 3 Part 2
Here we continue upgrading an application to Rails 3 by getting our specs up and running and going through the rails_upgrade plugin.
(12 minutes)
Generators in Rails 3
Generators in Rails 3 have been completely rewritten to be more modular. This allows you to customize any generator to fit your specific preferences.
(11 minutes)
Selenium
Selenium is a great way to test your app automatically through a browser. See how it works in this episode.
(9 minutes)
Bundler
Bundler is the way to manage gem dependencies in Rails 3.0. Learn how to install gems and lock them down in this episode.
(9 minutes)
Populating a Database
Have you ever wanted to fill up a database with a lot of test data? See how to do that in this episode using the populator and faker gems.
(8 minutes)
Syntax Highlighting
Here I talk about three popular choices for syntax highlighting in Rails: CodeRay, Ultraviolet and Pygments.
(9 minutes)