Everyday Rails 2012-05-15T19:19:50-05:00 http://everydayrails.com/ Aaron Sumner aaron@everydayrails.com Update on the RSpec book 2012-05-15T00:00:00-05:00 http://www.everydayrails.com/2012/05/15/rspec-book-update I've been busy completing the book and incorporating your feedback. Here's where things stand at the moment, along with answers to some questions I've received. Everyday Rails Testing with RSpec: Get advance access to my new book now 2012-05-07T00:00:00-05:00 http://www.everydayrails.com/2012/05/07/everyday-rails-rspec-book-available I'm happy to announce that the extended, DRM-free ebook version of my RSpec series is now available for purchase through Leanpub. Here's a rundown of what's there now and what's to come. How I learned to test my Rails applications, Part 5: Request specs 2012-04-24T00:00:00-05:00 http://www.everydayrails.com/2012/04/24/testing-series-rspec-requests Integration testing with RSpec request specs make sure your application's various parts are working in cohesion. Here's a primer on getting started. How I learned to test my Rails applications, Part 4: Controller specs 2012-04-07T00:00:00-05:00 http://www.everydayrails.com/2012/04/07/testing-series-rspec-controllers Controllers are the glue in a Rails application, and should be tested just like any other code. This primer will guide you to better coverage in your own apps' controllers. How I learned to test my Rails applications, Part 3: Model specs 2012-03-19T00:00:00-05:00 http://www.everydayrails.com/2012/03/19/testing-series-rspec-models-factory-girl How can you make sure your application's core building blocks are doing what you expect them to? Let's start by using RSpec to test model functionality. How I learned to test my Rails applications, Part 2: Setting up RSpec 2012-03-12T00:00:00-05:00 http://www.everydayrails.com/2012/03/12/testing-series-rspec-setup Our series on getting comfortable with Rails testing continues as we set up RSpec for an existing application. How I learned to test my Rails applications, Part 1: Introduction 2012-03-12T00:00:00-05:00 http://www.everydayrails.com/2012/03/12/testing-series-intro Are you still wrapping your head around Rails testing techniques? Here are the tools and techniques that helped me go from zero to decent test coverage. More advice on legacy data migration in Rails 2011-12-11T00:00:00-06:00 http://www.everydayrails.com/2011/12/11/legacy-data-migrations-rails What do you do if your legacy data defies convention or is just generally complex? Here are some notes from my recent experience using rake to accomplish difficult data migrations. How I've been developing an administrative backend with ActiveAdmin 2011-11-11T00:00:00-06:00 http://www.everydayrails.com/2011/11/11/active-admin Rails developers with deadlines will love ActiveAdmin for building high-quality interfaces for managing a site's data. Authorization advice for Rails 3 and beyond 2011-10-06T00:00:00-05:00 http://www.everydayrails.com/2011/10/06/rails-authorization Here's the general process I follow whenever adding authorization—the logic that says what a user's allowed to do—to my Rails applications.