rspec users - Jun 2009 - RSpec not failing when requesting missing method/view

On Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 10:14 AM, mBread<mbread at m-bread.com>
wrote:
> I''ve got this test:
>
> describe LoginController do
>   describe "GET index" do
>     it "should be successful" do
>       get ''index''
>       response.should be_success
>     end
>   end
> end
>
> which passes, but a cucumber test fails on trying to get the index for
> LoginController, with the message:
>
> No action responded to index. Actions:
>
> This error happens in cucumber & on a manual test (with a 404 status in
the
> headers) because the LoginController is empty & there is no index view
for
> it, but I want a failing rspec test before I correct it, but it insists
that
> it''s getting a 200 status.
>
> Any ideas? Thanks
That is by design. RSpec is about spec''ing things in isolation,
whereas cucumber is about spec''ing things end to end. RSpec controller
specs are about *controllers*, not views, so the presence and/or
validity of a view should not impact the controller spec.

If you want to use controller specs to fail when your views are
missing, you can use the integrate_views directive:

describe LoginController do
  describe "GET index" do
    integrate_views
    it "should be successful" do
      get ''index''
      response.should be_success
    end
  end
end

That is available, but is not the rspec way.

HTH,
David

David Chelimsky-2 wrote:
> 
> That is by design. RSpec is about spec''ing things in isolation,
> whereas cucumber is about spec''ing things end to end. RSpec
controller
> specs are about *controllers*, not views, so the presence and/or
> validity of a view should not impact the controller spec.
> 
It was the ''no action responded to...'' error, which I believe
is to do with
methods existing in the controller, not the ''template is
missing'' error
regarding a missing view (I wasn''t aware of the second one when I made
the
first post). I didn''t realise that error would disappear when a view
exists
but no methods, so I see now that it is an integration issue, not a unit
issue. Thanks
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