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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)
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)