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Fake the Back-End to Get System Tests Passing

Explore practical strategies for system test development by faking the back-end in Ruby on Rails. Learn to isolate view testing, simplify test setup, and achieve reliable system tests without juggling back-end complexities.

System test development challenges and strategies

System tests are hard to write in a pure test-driven style. We often need to start with a view that actually renders the way it’s intended and then write our test to assert behavior based on that. If we are also trying to make the back end work at the same time, it can be difficult to get everything functioning at once. It’s often easier to take it one step at a time, and ...