I am trying to setup some tests for the first time but I have run into an error
which I cannot solve
I have a function (set_due), defined in the main class (todo) , that takes an
instance of the main class as a parameter, and updates an attribute (due) of the
instance's DB record. Not very OO but works OK
I want to test that set_due correctly calculates a new due date. in the
functional test script I have added:-
def test_set_due
@todo = Todo.new(:when_id => 4,:day=>1,:week=>2,:month=>nil)
# might need to save here
set_due(@todo)
# need to assert something here
end
which gives the following error when running:-
test_set_due(TodosControllerTest):NoMethodError: undefined method `set_due' for
#<TodosControllerTest:0x38d7460>
The test cannot seem to find the set_due method? I have syntax checked the
controller (ruby -c) and made the set_due method public but neither helps. stuck
I am trying to setup some tests for the first time but I have run into an error
which I cannot solve
I have a function (set_due), defined in the main class (todo) , that takes an
instance of the main class as a parameter, and updates an attribute (due) of the
instance's DB record. Not very OO but works OK
I want to test that set_due correctly calculates a new due date. in the
functional test script I have added:-
def test_set_due
@todo = Todo.new(:when_id => 4,:day=>1,:week=>2,:month=>nil)
# might need to save here
set_due(@todo)
# need to assert something here
end
which gives the following error when running:-
test_set_due(TodosControllerTest):NoMethodError: undefined method `set_due' for
#<TodosControllerTest:0x38d7460>
The test cannot seem to find the set_due method? I have syntax checked the
controller (ruby -c) and made the set_due method public but neither helps. stuck
Peter
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Couple of pointers here. Think you're probably wanting to do a unit test rather than a functional one. Unit tests are for testing you business logic (which is what you seem to be wanting to do); functional tests for simulating the calling of actions in your controller.
Also set_due isn't a function but a method, which acts upon the object in which it is defined (I'm sure someone else could put this better -- I'm still a relative OO newbie). By calling it without a receiver, it is implicitly called upon whatever self is, in your case the TodosControllerTest class. In the above example you will need to do @todo.set_due(some_params).
