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Developing and Reusing Dockerfile-based Actions in GitHub Actions

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GitHub Actions is powerful tool for automating workflows within the GitHub ecosystem such as Continuous Integration/Continuos Deployment (CI/CD).

One of its standout features is the ability to create custom actions that can be tailored to perform specific tasks. Among the different types

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How to Remove a Dead Docker Container (Docker Desktop for Mac)

📷 Photo: Buddy at the The Beard-Green Cemetery by Wendy Bayer

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If you have a Dead Docker container that you can not remove with the usual Docker commands, especially on Docker Desktop for Mac, this post may help you finally remove it.

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Run Your Ruby RSpec or Cucumber Browser Tests in Parallel in Docker Compose

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This shows you how to add running your Ruby RSpec or Cucumber browser tests in parallel natively (macOS) and in your docker compose framework.

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Add and Configure FactoryBot To Your Rails RSpec Project

This guides you through adding the test data fixture utility factory_bot to your Ruby on Rails RSpec project.

To install factory_bot you will need to...

1. Add the factory_bot_rails gem to your Rails RSpec project
2. Configure factory_bot_rails to be used by RSpec Rails

🙇 📖 I originally learned this from these posts...

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Add and Configure shoulda-matchers To Your Rails RSpec Project

This guides you through adding the test expectation-matching utility shoulda-matchers to your Ruby on Rails RSpec project.

To install shoulda-matchers you will need to...

1. Add the shoulda-matchers gem to your Rails RSpec project
2. Configure shoulda-matchers to integrate with RSpec Rails

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Dockerfile: Build the Right Machine for Your App

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In this post, you will learn how you can craft your Dockerfile specifically for your application to reduce size, cost, and risk. It covers Docker Best Practices, uses

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Fundamentals of Testing 3: What Values to Test - Equivalence Class Partitioning

In this third post in this series on the fundamentals of software testing, I finish the topic of which values to test as part of your Verification Testing which I started in my previous post on using Boundary-Value Analysis.

Even if you can test all possible values of what you are testing (also known as the system under test), you do not need to waste

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Fundamentals of Testing 2: What Values to Test - Boundary-Value Analysis

In my last post (and the first of this series), I covered the three items comprising the intent of your testing when adding new behavior or changing existing behavior of your software system. In this post, I cover the most basic concept of which values to test as part of your Verification Testing.

Basically, you want to test the boundaries of the possible values

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Fundamentals of Testing 1: The Three Things to Prove

I'll start with one of the most basic testing fundamentals. It is also one that you will likely find applies in your day-to-day software development.

When you make a software change like adding new behavior or changing existing behavior, you need your testing to prove 3 things:

1. Your changes result in the desired new or changed behavior.

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Using a Counter for Simple and Performant JWT Revocation

📷 Photo: Pioneertown Jail, CA by Wendy Bayer

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One of the biggest challenges with JSON Web Tokens (JWTs) as an authentication and/or authorization mechanism is the ability to easily and quickly revoke the token if it becomes compromised.