Minitest with Capybara: Tips, Tricks and Lessons Learned

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Practical guidance on writing web tests in Ruby using Minitest, Rails Fixtures, and Capybara after moving away from RSpec and Factory Girl. Covers what to test, how the presenter structures tests, and lessons learned from writing hundreds of tests.

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 2:12Minitest vs RSpec
3. 6:26Fixtures vs Factory Girl
4. 10:45Capybara architecture
5. 14:41Rails 5.0 transaction issue
6. 18:32Capybara setup in Rails
7. 21:26Data cleaner myth
8. 23:14Waiting for AJAX
9. 25:41Rails 5.1 improvements
10. 26:43Unit vs integration tests
11. 28:08Testing strategy

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