On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 4:32 PM, Hunt Jon <jona.hunt...@gmail.com> wrote: > I need to spec the following lines: > > helper :all # include all helpers, all the time > protect_from_forgery # See > ActionController::RequestForgeryProtection for detail > > Can anybody give me a hint? > > I create "application_controller_spec.rb" and now what? > > Jon
You shouldn't need to spec those two lines specifically. What you want to do is spec the behaviour. So if you want a particular helper method to be available, write a spec that relies on that helper method (in another controller because they all use ApplicationController). If you then take out helper :all, your spec may fail (don't know, never tried) If it doesn't, well then you don't need the line :-) For protect_from_forgery, again spec the behaviour you expect (again, in a different controller spec) If you take out the line and your code still works, you don't need the line. If you take it out and the spec breaks, you know you've tested the behaviour you want, and not a line! I never spec either of these lines because their behaviour is tested in the Rails code. I am only concerned with testing my applications and the behaviour I want out of them. As an aside, if you're concerned about code coverage, both lines should execute with every controller test as they must execute while creating the ApplicationController class. Regards Andrew Timberlake http://ramblingsonrails.com http://MyMvelope.com - The SIMPLE way to manage your savings _______________________________________________ rspec-users mailing list rspec-users@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users
