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render views

You can tell a controller example group to render views with the render_views
declaration.

Scenarios
  1. expect template that exists and is rendered by controller (passes)
  2. expect template that does not exist and is rendered by controller (fails)
  3. render_views on and off in diff contexts
expect template that exists and is rendered by controller (passes)
Given
a file named "spec/controllers/widgets_controller_spec.rb" with: 
require "spec_helper"

describe WidgetsController do
  render_views

  describe "index" do
    it "renders the index template" do
      get :index
      response.should contain("Listing widgets")
    end

    it "renders the widgets/index template" do
      get :index
      response.should contain("Listing widgets")
    end
  end
end
When
I run "rspec spec"
Then
the output should contain "2 examples, 0 failures"
expect template that does not exist and is rendered by controller (fails)
Given
a file named "spec/controllers/widgets_controller_spec.rb" with: 
require "spec_helper"

describe WidgetsController do
  render_views

  before do
    def controller.index
      render :template => "other"
    end
  end

  describe "index" do
    it "renders the other template" do
      get :index
    end
  end
end
When
I run "rspec spec"
Then
the output should contain "1 example, 1 failure"
And
the output should contain "Missing template"
render_views on and off in diff contexts
Given
a file named "spec/controllers/widgets_controller_spec.rb" with: 
require "spec_helper"

describe WidgetsController do
  context "with render_views" do
    render_views

    describe "index" do
      it "renders the actual template" do
        get :index
        response.body.should =~ /Listing widgets/m
      end
    end
  end

  context "without render_views" do
    describe "index" do
      it "renders the RSpec generated template" do
        get :index
        response.body.should == ""
      end
    end
  end

  context "with render_views again" do
    render_views

    describe "index" do
      it "renders the actual template" do
        get :index
        response.body.should =~ /Listing widgets/m
      end
    end
  end

  context "without render_views again" do
    describe "index" do
      it "renders the RSpec generated template" do
        get :index
        response.body.should == ""
      end
    end
  end
end
When
I run "rspec spec"
Then
the output should contain "4 examples, 0 failures"

Last published almost 6 years ago by dchelimsky.