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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.

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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 ...