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We deprecated controller and view specs on the grounds that they were brittle, and were a poorer measure of user experience than feature specs. However, feature specs have their own problems: they're much slower to run, and flakier (see #901). We also ran into a few cases where feature specs erroneously passed because they were checking for the presence of a string that occurred in the error page! Hence, we're cautiously un-deprecating controller and view specs. Fixes #1132
Growstuff
Welcome to the Growstuff project.
Growstuff is an open source/open data project to create a website for food gardeners. We crowdsource information on what our members are growing and harvesting, aggregate it, and make it available as open data via our API.
Growstuff was founded in 2012 and has been built by dozens of contributors. We are an inclusive, welcoming project, and encourage participation from people of all backgrounds and skill levels.
Important links
- Issues (features we're working on, known bugs, etc)
- IRC growstuff channel (general chat, brainstorming and troubleshooting) or Gitter
- Wiki (general documentation, etc. Help by migrating from the old wiki)
For coders
Growstuff is built in Ruby on Rails and also uses JavaScript for frontend features. We welcome contributions -- see CONTRIBUTING for details.
- To set up your development environment, see Getting started.
- We encourage pair programming, especially for newer developers.
- You may also be interested in our API.
For designers, writers, researchers, data wranglers, and other contributors
There are heaps of ways to get involved and contribute no matter what your skills and interests.
You might like to check out:
- The New Contributor Guide page on our wiki, which has lots of detail for different areas
Here on Github, you might find these useful:
- Waffle has stories in "ready" that can be worked on.
- needs: design - tasks requiring high-level design
- [needs: visual design](https://github.com/Growstuff/growstuff/labels/needs:%20visual design) - tasks requiring visual/graphical design
- needs: documentation
- needs: data - tasks requiring data entry, data design, data import, or similar
- curated:beginner - tasks that are ideal for beginner programmers or people new to the project
Feel free to comment on any of the issues on Github.
Contact
For more information about this project, contact info@growstuff.org.
Security Issues: If you find an authorization bypass or data breach, please contact our maintainers directly at maintainers@growstuff.org.