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August 2011 Archives

Double Clicking in Capybara

Need to define a capybara step for double clicking an element? Here’s what we came up with.

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3 Comments – By Brian Ryckbost on August 26, 2011

Calendar About Nothing Invades My Shell

A quick introduction to a weekend project: seinfeld.sh. Inspired by my terminal outputting the last login date, seinfeld.sh shows the date of your last open source contribution as tracked by Calendar About Nothing.

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0 Comments – By Brian Ryckbost on August 23, 2011

Test Multiple Rubies by Combining Bundler and RVM

I have read several opinions that are either pro-Bundler or pro-RVM, but despite the current debate they do not have to be mutually exclusive.

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2 Comments – By Zach Moazeni on August 22, 2011

Leading the Open Source Ruby Community

A look into leadership and how it ties in to the open source community. It’s more than superiority; it is social influence and deeply impacts how we communicate and work on projects.

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1 Comment – By Brian Ryckbost on August 12, 2011

Simultaneous Capybara Sessions in Cucumber

There’s something very satisfying about watching your Cucumber test suite run (and pass), especially when the tests are running in your browser. I can’t help but think, “Man, I’m glad I don’t have to do all of this myself.” That’s especially true when your testing requires multiple sessions. The old me would fire up a couple different browsers and get to work. But that was the old me.

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1 Comment – By Steve Richert on August 04, 2011

Command Line Feedback from RVM and Git

If you’re like me, most of your day is working in Git and RVM. I am frequently typing `git branch` to remember what branch I’m on, and `rvm gemdir` to remember what ruby version and gemset I’m using. With all those wasted cycles, there has to be a better way. And there is.

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16 Comments – By Zach Moazeni on August 02, 2011

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