Mark wrote:
I have the following assert_equal that is returning false. @q seems to be returning niil, but is set in the controller, how can I get hold of this value in my tests?
assert_equal 'derby', @q
assert_equal 'derby', assigns['q']
The deal is simply that 'self' in your tests is a different object than the 'self' in your controllers. 'self' is the thing @ bonds to.
The test system knows this, so it passes all @ variables back to the tests in a hash called 'assigns'.
Question for the crew - does this hash use .with_indifferent_access? If not, why not?
