Legacy Databases, Testing, and Us
Explore methods to test legacy Rails applications with challenging database setups. Understand how to handle foreign key constraints, uncover hidden business logic in the database, and avoid issues when creating test data, ensuring your tests remain reliable even with legacy code.
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If our legacy application has only a nodding relationship with Rails’ common standards, chances are the database is also a mess. Many issues that plague a legacy database can be frustrating (such as odd naming conventions or unusual use of ActiveRecord features). Still, they don’t affect our ...