I'm trying to understand why this test is failing. (I'm kind of new to testing.) I'm using the built-in Rails testing framework with the addition of the Shoulda gem.
The test:
require 'shoulda'
context "on GET to :new" do
setup do
get(:new)
end
should_render_template :new
should_not_set_the_flash
end
Fails:
1) Failure:
test: on GET to :new should render template :new. (SessionsControllerTest)
[/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/thoughtbot-shoulda-2.0.6/lib/shoulda/controller /macros.rb:220:in `__bind_1233882600_699194'
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/thoughtbot-shoulda-2.0.6/lib/shoulda/context.rb:254:in `call'
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/thoughtbot-shoulda-2.0.6/lib/shoulda/context.rb:254:in `test: on GET to :new should render template :new. '
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.2.2/lib/active_support/testing/setup_and_teardown.rb:94:in `__send__'
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.2.2/lib/active_support/testing/setup_and_teardown.rb:94:in `run']:
expecting <"new"> but rendering with <"">
2 tests, 2 assertions, 1 failures, 0 errors
But if I run it on the console with app.get '/sessions/new' it works fine with no error.
And the "new" template renders as expected in the browser.
I'm using Haml. Maybe that's causing a problem. My template is called "new.html.haml".
The failure says that no template has been rendered. Try to make sure you are not being redirected with
should_respond_with :success
and assert the contents of the @response.body just to see what's been sent back
# This will fail but should give you some clue about what was sent back.
should "sent something back in the body" do
assert_match 'boohooo', @response.body
end
You can also assert a specific template, so you can give it a shot, too:
should_render_template "new.html.haml"
However, I don't suspect HAML being the cause of your problem.