Rails - Jan 2005 - Is there a way to test helper methods?

Is it possible to test template helper methods while running
functional unit tests? I didn''t see anything in any of the default
assertions.

So is there a way to do this easily? Or will it require building the
response peice by peice and testing them at the right point in the
process. And if the latter, could someone point me where I should to
learn the Rails response process.

TIA!

-- Xian

Christian Metts wrote:
>Is it possible to test template helper methods while running
>functional unit tests? I didn''t see anything in any of the default
>assertions.
>
>So is there a way to do this easily? Or will it require building the
>response peice by peice and testing them at the right point in the
>process. And if the latter, could someone point me where I should to
>learn the Rails response process.
>
>TIA!
>
>-- Xian
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Depends on what kind of functionality you are putting inside the helper. 
I never had to set up a full-fledged response object to unit-test 
helpers, because my helpers mostly consist of small function-like 
methods. If I need something bigger than this available to a view, I 
make a separate class out of it and test it as such.

As for response object, look at response.rb in actionpack. It is _very_ 
simple beast.

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Alexey Verkhovsky

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