Whoops..wrong post.
should be
post :create, :organization_id => @organization.id, :new_note => { :body =>
"" }
Copying from the wrong window...
Tiffani AB
On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 12:14 AM, Tiffani Ashley Bell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Yeah, I was on 1.1.4 and this solution with a few tweaks definitely
> worked. The original set up of my code called for having the Organization
> returned by the notes controller in a before filter, so I stubbed out this
> stuff in the before(:each) block. It ended up looking like this:
>
> before(:each) do
> @organization = stub_model(Organization, :name => "Slappy's Hot Dog
> Palace")
> Organization.stub!(:find).and_return(@organization)
> end
>
> Then, I followed Craig's lead on what the example should do with a few
> things taken out:
>
> it "should render 'notes/new' when an empty note is submitted" do
> Note.stub!(:new).and_return(stub("note"))
>
> post :create, :appointment_id => @appointment.id, :organization_id => @
> organization.id, :new_note => { :body => "" }
> response.should render_template("notes/new")
> end
>
> I kept the controller method just like it was in the original post. And
> whoooo! Everything passed. I'll be making sure I really differentiate the
> necessity of mock_model vs. stub_model from now on, too as a take-away from
> all this. Learning this stuff has really been interesting considering
> months ago the only testing I was doing was making changes in Textmate and
> then clicking "Refresh" in a browser. lol.
>
> Thanks again!
> Tiffani AB
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 10:31 PM, Craig Demyanovich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
>> I'm assuming RSpec 1.1.3+, but here's how I might write this example:
>>
>> describe NotesController do
>> it "renders 'notes/new' when an empty note is submitted" do
>> Note.stub!(:new).and_return(stub("note"))
>> organization = stub_model(Organization, :notes => stub("notes",
>> :<< => false))
>> assigns[:organization] = organization
>>
>> post :create, "organization_id" => organization.to_param,
>> "new_note" => { "body" => "" }
>>
>> response.should render_template("notes/new")
>> end
>> end
>>
>> I'm favoring the use of stub_model and stubs instead of mock_model
>> (and mocks) because we're not setting any expectations on the note or
>> the organization. Rather, we're just setting them up to deliver values
>> that are either simply required (as in Note.new returning something
>> non-nil) or what we want (the addition of the note to the organization
>> to fail).
>>
>> I've also eliminated the idea of having existing notes on the
>> organization. It's not central to what's being spec'd, so it's out.
>>
>> Furthermore, I made the submitted note's body empty because that's
>> what was in the original description of the it block. That those two
>> didn't match bothered me.
>>
>> Finally, I simplified the description of the it block to what I
>> thought the essence of your example was; I hope that I'm at least
>> close. :-)
>>
>> Please let the list know if this helped or if you already revisited
>> the problem and solved it. I think we're interested in what ends up
>> working for you.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Craig
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