Testing window.location with capybara
Capybara does not follow redirect if the page is changing due to a change in window.location. This is typical in backbone apps.
In capybara current_path only changes after an HTTP redirect.
As a workaround, you can test the content of the destination page.
For example, when writing cucumber steps, if the other page has a "browse" label, you can test it with:
Then I should see "browse"Instead of:
Then I should be on the browse pageWritten by Fabrizio Regini
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