(Beginner) Learning Rspec (help!)

[Anders_P]

Hello!

I'm trying to make a simple test. I have a "coming soon" page with a field where users can submit their emails. When the users clicks "submit" it should create a new record in the database. I Have two controllers:

class PagesController < ApplicationController   def home     @newsletter_receiver = NewsletterReceiver.new   end end

And:

class NewsletterReceiversController < ApplicationController   def create     @newsletter_receiver = NewsletterReceiver.new(params[:newsletter_receiver])     if @newsletter_receiver.save       flash[:notice] = "A message"       redirect_to root_path     else       render 'pages/home'     end   end end

My NewsletterReceiversController specs looks like this:

require 'spec_helper'

describe NewsletterReceiversController do

  describe "Success" do

      before(:each) do         @attr = { :email => "example@example.com" }       end

      it "should create a receiver" do         lambda do           post :create, :newsletter_reveiver => @attr         end.should change(NewsletterReceiver, :count).by(1)       end     end   end end

This gives me the following error:

Failure/Error: lambda do   count should have been changed by 1, but was changed by 0

Anyone got any tips on how to solve this?

Thanks // Anders

[Frederick_Cheung]

Hello!

And:

class NewsletterReceiversController < ApplicationController def create @newsletter_receiver = NewsletterReceiver.new(params[:newsletter_receiver]) if @newsletter_receiver.save flash[:notice] = "A message" redirect_to root_path else render 'pages/home' end end end

My NewsletterReceiversController specs looks like this:

require 'spec_helper'

describe NewsletterReceiversController do

describe "Success" do

  before\(:each\) do
    @attr = \{ :email => "exam\.\.\.@example\.com" \}
  end

  it "should create a receiver" do
    lambda do
      post :create, :newsletter\_reveiver => @attr
    end\.should change\(NewsletterReceiver, :count\)\.by\(1\)
  end

Step through your code and you'll see that you've got a typo here.

Fred

[Anders_P]

Ouch embarrassing.

Thanks!