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

Methods

should_render_a_form should_render_page_with_metadata

Public Instance methods

should_render_a_form()

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

Deprecated.

[Source]

    # File lib/shoulda/action_view/macros.rb, line 27
27:       def should_render_a_form
28:         warn "[DEPRECATION] should_render_a_form is deprecated."
29:         should "display a form" do
30:           assert_select "form", true, "The template doesn't contain a <form> element"
31:         end
32:       end

should_render_page_with_metadata(options)

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/

[Source]

    # File lib/shoulda/action_view/macros.rb, line 46
46:       def should_render_page_with_metadata(options)
47:         warn "[DEPRECATION] should_render_page_with_metadata is deprecated."
48:         options.each do |key, value|
49:           should "have metatag #{key}" do
50:             if key.to_sym == :title
51:               assert_select "title", value
52:             else
53:               assert_select "meta[name=?][content#{"*" if value.is_a?(Regexp)}=?]", key, value
54:             end
55:           end
56:         end
57:       end