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##mailinglists

• devchix
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• Systers

##list of speakers

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Women Who Code: Interview Practice

Big thank you to Lynn Root for starting this document! Email: Lynn Root

Advice for preparation & interview strategy (language agnostic)

• Lynn Root's Blog with her experience, how she prepared, and lists of practice problems and resources.
• Stephanie Shupe's presentation White Boarding: Interview Tips

Sample questions (language agnostic)

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# Custom prompt. Based on <https://gist.github.com/4652812> by Zachary Scott
IRB.conf[:PROMPT][:PERSONAL] = IRB.conf[:PROMPT][:RVM].merge(
  :PROMPT_I =>    "\n#{RUBY_VERSION} >> ",
  :PROMPT_S =>    "%l >> ",
  :PROMPT_C =>    "? >> ",
  :RETURN   =>    "RETURNS> %s\n\n"
)
IRB.conf[:PROMPT_MODE] = :PERSONAL

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#Model 

@user.should have(1).error_on(:username) # Checks whether there is an error in username 
@user.errors[:username].should include("can't be blank")  # check for the error message 

#Rendering
response.should render_template(:index)

#Redirecting 
response.should redirect_to(movies_path)

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#Model 

@user.should have(1).error_on(:username) # Checks whether there is an error in username 
@user.errors[:username].should include("can't be blank")  # check for the error message 
@user.errors[:email].should include("is invalid") # check for the error format message

#Rendering
response.should render_template(:index)

#Redirecting 

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Capybara Cheat Sheet

Navigating

  visit('/projects')
  visit(comments_path)
  visit(post_comments_path(post))