how can I investigate when a rspec test fails?

rubyonrails-talk
1

For example:

it "re-renders the 'new' template" do       # Trigger the behavior that occurs when invalid params are submitted       Sector.any_instance.stub(:save).and_return(false)       post :create, :sector => {}       response.should render_template("new") end

I have the new template under app/views/sectors but the test says:

SectorsController POST create with invalid params re-renders the 'new' template      Failure/Error: response.should render_template("new")      expecting <"new"> but rendering with <"">

2

Please post the controller action so we can see what's missing.

3

It sounds like the test is working and that your code is at fault by the looks of it. Do you have a "render"/redirect_to method being called in your 'create' controller action? Where is it going?

4

I'm using inherited_resources so in my controller I don't have any action defined. The controller is simply:

class SectorsController < InheritedResources::Base

  def destroy     destroy!(:notice => t('Sector')+" deleted.")     rescue       flash[:error] = t('Sector')+" is not deleted."   end end

5

If I launch the application and I try to create an invalid sector, it renders the new template correctly I have another application and this test:

it "re-renders the 'new' template" do      UnsafeBuilding.stub(:new) { mock_unsafe_building(:save => false) }      post :create, :unsafe_building => {}      response.should render_template("new") end

This works and the controller uses inherited_resources too. I don't understand why the test in the first application doens't work while the one in the second application works.