Module: Shoulda::ActionView::Macros

Included in:
Test::Unit::TestCase
Defined in:
lib/shoulda/action_view/macros.rb

Overview

Macro test helpers for your view

By using the macro helpers you can quickly and easily create concise and easy to read test suites.

This code segment:

context "on GET to :new" do
  setup do
    get :new
  end

  should_render_page_with_metadata :title => /index/

  should "do something else really cool" do
    assert_select '#really_cool'
  end
end

Would produce 3 tests for the show action

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#should_render_a_form ⇒ Object

Macro that creates a test asserting that the rendered view contains a <form> element.

Deprecated.



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# File 'lib/shoulda/action_view/macros.rb', line 27

def should_render_a_form
  warn "[DEPRECATION] should_render_a_form is deprecated."
  should "display a form" do
    assert_select "form", true, "The template doesn't contain a <form> element"
  end
end

#should_render_page_with_metadata(options) ⇒ Object

Deprecated.

Macro that creates a test asserting that the rendered view contains the selected metatags. Values can be string or Regexps. Example:

should_render_page_with_metadata :description => "Description of this page", :keywords => /post/

You can also use this method to test the rendered views title.

Example:

should_render_page_with_metadata :title => /index/



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# File 'lib/shoulda/action_view/macros.rb', line 46

def should_render_page_with_metadata(options)
  warn "[DEPRECATION] should_render_page_with_metadata is deprecated."
  options.each do |key, value|
    should "have metatag #{key}" do
      if key.to_sym == :title
        assert_select "title", value
      else
        assert_select "meta[name=?][content#{"*" if value.is_a?(Regexp)}=?]", key, value
      end
    end
  end
end