new to ruby and trying to minitest

rubyonrails-talk
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i recreated a test directory, and placed all the necessary files in the directory.

replaced gem 'minitest' with               gem 'minitest-rails', '~> 0.1.0.alpha' I replaced coz I was getting in error in the terminal which reads               Could not find generator mini_test:install therefore, again, I replaced and bundled. it then proceeded to create test/minitest_helper.rb

anyway.

i run the first test which is

require "minitest/autorun" require "minitest/rails"

class ExercisesTest < ActionController::TestCase

  test "should get show" do     get :show     assert_response :success   end

end

and the output from the terminal reads

Errors running test:units! #<NoMethodError: undefined method `' for nil:NilClass>

I need some hand holding setting up the directory now. what to test, and how to write tests. I'm not looking just to get tests to pass ( I am) but I'm wanting to know what the fuck I'm doing, really. None of this half assed shit, ya know?

be well.

2

If you don’t know what you are doing, then learn the basics. Here is a free coupon for TDD in Ruby course for beginners: https://www.udemy.com/learn-test-driven-development-in-ruby/?couponCode=railsfree

3

I suggest working right through a good tutorial such as railstutorial.org (which is free to use online). That will show you the basics of rails including tests.

Colin

4

I've been working on that tutorial but still confused. thanks for reaching out.

5

Where on the tutorial are you confused?

Colin

6

control flow. learning how to think. like, obviously I know exactly what this test is doing

test "should get show" do    get :show    assert_response :success end

however, when doing other testing on another application to help hone my craft, I have no idea what the heels I'm doing.

thanks for reaching out. take care.

7

Finish the tutorial first, doing all the exercises, see if that helps.

Colin

8

ok, I will.

thanks again for reaching out. it's appreciated.