Looks like I didn't read the instructions before posting... I'm hoping that the "moderator" is /dev/null - otherwise this might come up as a repost. Anyway.
I want my controller to set certain attributes on #create and #update (mostly created_by, updated_by... etc.) -- implementing this is easy. Testing it before implementing it has been nearly impossible for me. As a side note: I have put this logic into the controller on purpose. I do believe in the fat model/skinny controller paradigm but believe that for this situation, it's the controllers responsibility for a variety of reasons. Not the least of which being the controller has access to the session and knows who's doing what to whom. I could just put the current_user_id in a hidden field on the forms but I can't help but think that would lead to tampering... Anyway. My controller does something like this for create @object = Object.new(params[:object]) @object.created_by = current_user if @object.save... yadda yadda yadda... I have my model spec testing for the presence of created_by but I feel compelled to test that my controller is correctly setting current_user on its appropriate actions. Does this seem reasonable? If so, what's the proper way to test it? I tried testing first and though my failings ended up with an implementation first but that's neither here nor there. Any insight? Thanks, - FJM _______________________________________________ rspec-users mailing list rspec-users@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users
