Add layout checking to test_spec_on_rails

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Matthew

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test_spec_on_rails is a plugin that adds Rails-specific assertions to test_spec, allowing you to do nifty things like this:

it "should render with foo template" do
  get :some_action
  template.should.be "foo"
  # equivalent to assert_equal "foo", @response.template
end

it "should display foo on page" do
  get :some_action
  page.should.select "p", "foo"
  # equivalent to assert_select "p", "foo"  
end

One thing test_spec_on_rails is missing, though, is the ability to check the layout that a template renders with. For example, it would be nice to do this:

it "should render with foo layout" do
  get :some_action
  layout.should.be "foo"
  # equivalent to assert_equal "foo", @response.layout
end

I’ve submitted a patch to Rick Olson that adds this capability. I’m not sure if or when it will get incorporated into the plugin though, so I’m posting the patch here for anyone who might need it.

To apply, right-click on the link and download the file into your vendor/plugins/test_spec_on_rails folder, then run this command from inside the same folder:

patch -p0 < add_layout.diff

Assuming your plugin isn't checked out as an external, you'll be able to commit the changes to your own repository. You can then start using the new hotness as described above. Enjoy!

Update: Rick made me a committer so I was able to add this myself.

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    […] Believe it or not, there are still at least a few of us crazy hold-outs that still haven’t imbibed the increasingly ubiquitous RSpec Kool-Aid. And for the folks in this crowd that still want BDD-style testing, it’s test-spec and test/spec/rails all the way. So when I recently needed a means for validating that a nontrivial route landed in the right controller/action, I naturally went looking for the test/spec/rails equivalent of #assert_recognizes. When I saw that it was nowhere to be found, I knew I’d found another task for Open Source Fridays (er, the first half hour of an Open Source Friday). And thanks to Matthew Bass’s uncanny responsiveness in applying the patch that Rob Sanheim and I submitted, test/spec/rails now offers some handy new specs for testing your routes. […]

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