Latest Screencasts (page 4)

Test-first development can improve your workflow, improve the quality of your software, and give you confidence. If you have looked at the “test” directory sitting at the bottom of your Rails applications and have wondered what it’s there for, this is the screencast for you! This screencast walks through the...

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.

Selenium is a great way to test your app automatically through a browser. See how it works in this episode.

Rob Kaufman talks about using ActionMailer safely, how to keep out of the spam box and how to test your emails before your customers see them. Bonus content: download the slides from this talk.

By Geoffrey Grosenbach. Technical consultation from RSpec committer David Chelimsky. RSpec 1.1 introduces a new feature…user stories. You can now write plain-text stories that fit into the XP style of development. You can use stories written by customers to execute code against your application, or you may choose to use...

In Rails 2.0, fixtures see many improvements which makes them much easier to manage. Watch this episode for details.

Accessibility on the web has been an issue for over a decade, and it remains a crucial--but often overlooked--element of web design. Instructor Zoe Gillenwater explains the concept of accessibility as it applies to the web, and describes how it affects the audience. She also covers how to set up...

Controllers are tricky to test, and there's no perfect way to do it. In this episode you will see how I test controllers, and my reasoning behind it.

Tests which rely heavily on fixtures are brittle and can be difficult to maintain. This episode will show a couple techniques for creating tests which don't use fixtures.

In the final part of this series you will see how to refactor your tests. Keeping tests clean is important because it will make testing easier to do in the future.