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@zhengjia
zhengjia / capybara cheat sheet
Created June 7, 2010 01:35
capybara cheat sheet
=Navigating=
visit('/projects')
visit(post_comments_path(post))
=Clicking links and buttons=
click_link('id-of-link')
click_link('Link Text')
click_button('Save')
click('Link Text') # Click either a link or a button
click('Button Value')
@szimek
szimek / capybara_select_dates_and_times.rb
Created August 31, 2010 09:26
Cucumber steps for selecting time and date (using Capybara)
require "xpath" # XPath is a separate gem now
module Cucumber
module Rails
module CapybaraSelectDatesAndTimes
def select_date(field, options = {})
date = Date.parse(options[:with])
selector = %Q{.//fieldset[contains(./legend, "#{field}")]}
within(:xpath, selector) do
find(:xpath, '//select[contains(@id, "_1i")]').find(:xpath, ::XPath::HTML.option(date.year.to_s)).select_option
@ryansobol
ryansobol / gist:5252653
Last active November 22, 2023 11:53
15 Questions to Ask During a Ruby Interview

Originally published in June 2008

When hiring Ruby on Rails programmers, knowing the right questions to ask during an interview was a real challenge for me at first. In 30 minutes or less, it's difficult to get a solid read on a candidate's skill set without looking at code they've previously written. And in the corporate/enterprise world, I often don't have access to their previous work.

To ensure we hired competent ruby developers at my last job, I created a list of 15 ruby questions -- a ruby measuring stick if you will -- to select the cream of the crop that walked through our doors.

What to expect

Candidates will typically give you a range of responses based on their experience and personality. So it's up to you to decide the correctness of their answer.

@dabit
dabit / hash_table.rb
Last active May 16, 2023 16:57
Code example for my blogpost Hash lookup in Ruby, why is it so fast?
require 'benchmark'
#
# Code example for my blogpost
#
# Hash lookup in Ruby, why is it so fast?
#
#
# Struct used to store Hash Entries
@stevenharman
stevenharman / defaults.rb
Last active July 7, 2021 14:36
A subtle difference between Ruby's Hash.fetch(:key, :default) vs. (Hash[:key] || :default)
h = {
'a' => :a_value,
'b' => nil,
'c' => false
}
h.fetch('a', :default_value) #=> :a_value
h.fetch('b', :default_value) #=> nil
h.fetch('c', :default_value) #=> false
h.fetch('d', :default_value) #=> :default_value
@SabretWoW
SabretWoW / rspec_model_testing_template.rb
Last active May 28, 2024 17:41
Rails Rspec model testing skeleton & cheat sheet using rspec-rails, shoulda-matchers, shoulda-callbacks, and factory_girl_rails. Pretty much a brain dump of examples of what you can (should?) test in a model. Pick & choose what you like, and please let me know if there are any errors or new/changed features out there. Reddit comment thread: http…
# This is a skeleton for testing models including examples of validations, callbacks,
# scopes, instance & class methods, associations, and more.
# Pick and choose what you want, as all models don't NEED to be tested at this depth.
#
# I'm always eager to hear new tips & suggestions as I'm still new to testing,
# so if you have any, please share!
#
# @kyletcarlson
#
# This skeleton also assumes you're using the following gems:
@sloria
sloria / bobp-python.md
Last active June 26, 2024 15:54
A "Best of the Best Practices" (BOBP) guide to developing in Python.

The Best of the Best Practices (BOBP) Guide for Python

A "Best of the Best Practices" (BOBP) guide to developing in Python.

In General

Values

  • "Build tools for others that you want to be built for you." - Kenneth Reitz
  • "Simplicity is alway better than functionality." - Pieter Hintjens
@p120ph37
p120ph37 / VIPAccess.exp
Created January 2, 2014 01:34
Command-line implementation of Symantec's "VIP Access" token application on OSX. This will read from the same secret key and produce the same time-based one-time-passwords as the GUI application, but with output that can be captured and used in scripts. This can be useful for things like automating two-factor AnyConnect VPN logins through openco…
#!/usr/bin/expect -f
#
# VIPAccess.exp
#
# Command-line emulation of Symantec's VIP Access software token.
# Usage:
# ./VIPAccess.exp [v]
# If the "v" argument (or any argument) is specified, verbose output
# will be produced on stderr. The OTP value will be output on stdout.
#
@t-io
t-io / osx_install.sh
Last active October 22, 2023 13:04
Install most of my Apps with homebrew & cask
#!/bin/sh
echo Install all AppStore Apps at first!
# no solution to automate AppStore installs
read -p "Press any key to continue... " -n1 -s
echo '\n'
echo Install and Set San Francisco as System Font
ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/wellsriley/YosemiteSanFranciscoFont/master/install)"
echo Install Homebrew, Postgres, wget and cask
ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/go/install)"
@octocat
octocat / .gitignore
Created February 27, 2014 19:38
Some common .gitignore configurations
# Compiled source #
###################
*.com
*.class
*.dll
*.exe
*.o
*.so
# Packages #