Tag Archives: database

Configuring database_cleaner with Rails, RSpec, Capybara, and Selenium

Posted on
August 31, 2012

by
Avdi Grimm

How I avoid finding myself in database bizarro world while testing Rails apps. Continue reading →

Posted in Rails, Ruby | Tagged capybara, database, rails, rspec, selenium, testing | 16 Comments

New maintainer needed for NullDB

Posted on
April 13, 2012

by
Avdi Grimm

NullDB, for those who don’t know, is a null backend for ActiveRecord. Unlike RSpec’s stub_object, rather than raise an exception on DB access, will NullDB DB interactions simply become no-ops. This is handy for things like testing after_save hooks in … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements | Tagged activerecord, database, nulldb, rails, testing | Leave a comment

NullDB for DataMapper

Posted on
October 27, 2009

by
Avdi Grimm

The first Ruby library I ever released, and still the one I get the most emails about, is NullDB. NullDB is an ActiveRecord database adapter which simply turns every database operation into a no-op. It is useful for speeding up … Continue reading →