thanks. I will look for Factory gems.
soichi
2012/11/9 Cynthia Kiser <c...@ugcs.caltech.edu>
> Quoting ishi soichi <soichi...@gmail.com>:
> > The generated default controller_spec.rb is
> >
> > describe "GET index" do
> > it "assigns all gives as @gives" do
> > give = Give.create! valid_attributes
> > get :index, {}, valid_session
> > assigns(:gives).should eq([give])
> > end
> > end
>
> Your test above is creating a new give with the parameters in
> valid_attributes - which is also generated for you in that same file
> but will be an empty hash because the rspec generator doesn't know
> anything about your problem domain.
>
> The fixtures file you quoted isn't being used to create the object
> under test in the example above.
>
> > All tests fail.
> > and the error corresponding to index is
> >
> > 1) GivesController GET index assigns all gives as @gives
> > Failure/Error: give = Give.create! valid_attributes
> > ActiveRecord::RecordInvalid:
> > Validation failed: Flight name can't be blank, Day departure can't
> > be blank, Check in can't be blank, Weight can't be blank, User can't be
> > blank
> > # ./spec/controllers/gives_controller_spec.rb:39:in `block (3
> levels)
> > in <top (required)>'
> >
> >
> > Questions:
> >
> > 1. Doesn't rspec generate default test codes so that the test will
> succeed?
> > 2. Can you guess the cause of the error?
> > 3. Doesn't rspec pick up the data from fixtures automatically? (perhaps I
> > misunderstand the role of fixtures)
>
> I think you could use fixtures with rspec if you work at it. You might
> need to load them explicitly as I don't know that the rspec rails
> helper would load them for you. And then you need to reference them
> using the correct fixture access syntax (which I am too lazy to look
> up). But to get your generated tests running quickly, ignore fixtures
> and just fill in the valid_attributes hash in the generated rspec
> tests OR drop in a factory gem and start using factories. I personally
> use FactoryGirl but there are several very nice factory gem that work
> well with Rails.
>
>
> --
> Cynthia N. Kiser
> c...@ugcs.caltech.edu
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