Hi All,
In my last post (about hobo generate controller) I mentioned that I am
trying to write the tests for a gem that I would like to publish. This
gem requires a hobo controller with an associated model to work. The
gem itself is not very big (approximately 100 loc for the gem-specific
code) but uses a lot of the hobo environment.
I need to test that:
1) It works as advertised (with many options and possible errors)
2) It works with subsites (e.g.,admin) as well as the base site.
3) it detects if the controller does not have an associated model
4) it detects if the controller is not a hobo controller.
I have tested all of these conditions from within a test app (and a git
branch of one of the eventual production apps) and they pass with flying
colors.
Now I want to include these tests in the gem itself, but it looks like I
have to include virtually a full hobo app as a part of the gem. The
additional code and data will make the gem hundreds of times bigger.
Does anyone know of a better way than copying most of the test app
(including its sqlite db) into the gem?
The test environment has several controllers that look something like this:
class HoboController < ApplicationController
hobo_model_controller
auto_actions :all
include TheGem
def index
# needs a set of test values in params and session and
# a pre-populated data set (fixture) which will be
# set up prior to calling index from the test framework.
invoke_the_gem( self, # needs the controller as modified by
hobo_model_controller.
# this is the hard part.
arg1, # a number > 0 (easy)
arg2, # a string with one or more column names, or an
array of strings
# or an array of symbols (not hard, but many
possible variations)
arg3, # same as arg2
:column_name, :another_column, ... :last_column )
# check the rendered data for various conditions such as presence or absence of
certain rows
# and columns, the order of the data in the columns, the number of rows
displayed on the page.
# which will be checked after index returns to the test framework.
end
end
Thanks,
Don Ziesig
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