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Installing ---------- As a Rails plugin ----------------- script/plugin install git://github.com/thoughtbot/shoulda.git As a Rails gem -------------- In config/environment.rb: config.gem 'thoughtbot-shoulda', :lib => 'shoulda/rails', :source => 'http://gems.github.com' Then run: rake gems:install gems:unpack As a standalone gem ------------------- Run: sudo gem install thoughtbot-shoulda -s http://gems.github.com In your test, or test_helper.rb: require 'shoulda' Assertions ---------- assert_contains <array>, <object in array, or regular expression to match> assert_does_not_contain <array>, <object not in array, or regular expression to not match> assert_same_elements <array>, <array with same elements, but different order> assert_bad_value <class>, <attribute>, <value that should cause an validation error on attribute> assert_good_value <class>, <attribute>, <value that should not cause a validation error on attribute> assert_save <object which .save returns true> assert_valid <object which .valid? returns true> assert_sent_email do |email| email.subject =~ /activated/ && email.to.include?('bob@email.com') end assert_did_not_send_email do |email| email.subject =~ /activated/ && email.to.include?('bob@email.com') end Basics ------ class FooTest < Test::Unit::TestCase context <context description string> do setup do # ... end teardown do end should <description string> do end should_eventually <description string> should_eventually <description string> do # this code can be broken, but won't break the build end end should <string description> do # ... end end General Macros -------------- should_change "Post.count", :from => 0, :to => 1 should_change "@post.title", :from => "old", :to => "new" should_change "@post.title" should_change "@post.title" :from => "old" should_change "@post.title" :to => "new" should_not_change "Post.count" Macros for class under test --------------------------- should_have_class_methods :find, :destroy should_have_instance_methods :email, :name, :name= ActiveRecord Macros ------------------- should_have_db_columns :id, :email, :name, :created_at should_have_db_column :email, :type => "string", :default => nil, :precision => nil, :limit => 255, :null => true, :primary => false, :scale => nil, :sql_type => 'varchar(255)' should_have_indices :email, :name, [:commentable_type, :commentable_id] should_have_index :age should_have_named_scope 'recent(5)', :limit => 5 should_have_named_scope 'recent(1)', :limit => 1 should_require_acceptance_of :eula should_ensure_length_at_least :name, 3 should_ensure_length_is :ssn, 9 should_ensure_value_in_range :age, (0..100) should_only_allow_numeric_values_for :age should_have_readonly_attributes :password, :admin_flag should_require_attributes :name, :phone_number should_require_unique_attributes :keyword, :username should_require_unique_attributes :name, :message => "O NOES! SOMEONE STOELED YER NAME!" should_require_unique_attributes :email, :scoped_to => :name should_require_unique_attributes :address, :scoped_to => [:first_name, :last_name] should_protect_attributes :password, :admin_flag should_allow_values_for :phone, "(123) 999-3049", "201-0023" should_not_allow_values_for :phone, "I am totally not a phone number", "201-0023" should_belong_to :parent should_have_one :god should_have_many :friends should_have_many :enemies, :through => :friends should_have_many :enemies, :dependent => :destroy should_have_and_belong_to_many :posts, :cars ActionController Macros ----------------------- should_assign_to should_be_restful should_belong_to should_filter_params should_not_assign_to should_not_set_the_flash should_redirect_to should_render_a_form should_render_template should_respond_with should_respond_with_xml_for should_route should_set_the_flash_to

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