Generate fixtures on the fly from the Rails itself

[charleseff]

as opposed to a static HTML file which will quickly go stale.

Also: add the ability to call the Rails app via ajax calls.

[charleseff]

As an addendum, allow asynchronous Javascript calls to the app from tests to hit a running Rails app and return live data.

[coreyhaines]

Instead of having your javascript call a live rails app, you should be isolating it, perhaps stubbing out the $.ajax method in jQuery. Return the appropriate data, so you can have better control over your environment.

[ianlotinsky]

My vote is for the ability to use output from requests to Rails as fixtures instead of static HTML.