Hi guys, been following for about 3 weeks, first question -
I've been spending the last couple of months learning RSpec and
Cucumber and I'm just finally starting to see the "big picture", at
least I think I am. But I've got some questions I was hoping you guys
can clear up. I'm sure this has been asked a lot, so please bare with
me. Just let me know when my logic is wrong or when I'm way off
course. You guys have been a kind group, so I'm not to concerned with
sounding foolish.
I've been using .should_receive and .stub to let my spec know that my
controller is going to be making a method call. I know .should_receive
will fail when you don't call that method (or if you call it more
times than you said you would) and I use stub when It's going to get
called an unpredictable amount of times, like in a before block. To
me, it sounds like I don't really know what the difference is, and I
just have some understanding of there symptoms.
When i need to talk about a model, I usually use mock_model. I have
Factory_girl, but I've heard that you should be careful when using
Factory girl, as it ties you down to the requirements of the
attributes, and not the overall functionality (although, that
statement may not be true in itself). So normally, I use Factories in
Cucumber, as that is concerned with more higher level usage features,
and mock_models for controller/model specs.
Alot of times, however, I feel like I'm doing way to much work to get
the whole thing working. Maybe I am, maybe I'm not, only way is to
show off what I'm doing.
app/controller/projects_controller#create
def create
@client = current_user.company.clients.find(params[:project]
[:client_id])
@project = @client.projects.build(params[:project])
if @client.save
flash[:notice] = "Added: #...@project.name}"
else
render :new
end
end
spec/controller/projects_controller_spec
describe ProjectsController do
describe "POST 'create'" do
before do
@current_user = mock_model(User)
controller.stub(:current_user).and_return @current_user
@company = mock_model(Company)
@current_user.should_receive(:company).and_return @company
@clients = mock("Client List")
@company.should_receive(:clients).and_return @clients
end
describe "when client is found" do
before do
@client = mock_model(Client)
@clients.should_receive(:find).and_return @client
end
describe "on successful save" do
before do
@projects = mock_model(ActiveRecord)
@client.should_receive(:projects).and_return @projects
@project = mock_model(Project)
@projects.should_receive(:build).and_return @project
@client.should_receive(:save).and_return true
@project.should_receive(:name).and_return "New Project"
end
it "should set up the flash" do
post "create", {:project => {:client_id => 1}}
flash[:notice].should_not be_nil
end
end
end
end
end
Let me know how it sounds, and it looks like I'm doing so far
Thanks,
Frank
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