Noob to rails TDD - looking for just one complete and simple example.

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I am a noob to TDD, and I am looking for just one complete and simple example, that uses FactoryGirl, with rspec, on rails, with a ActiveRecord::Base model.

If anyone can help me I will be eternally in your dept.

For example:

I have a page that displays a list of file names based on category.

Test:

If the category is good the list of names (@list_of_names) should not be nil

Model (app/models/doclist.rb)

class Doclist < ActiveRecord::Base

self.table_name = ‘mydbo.dbo.doclist’

self.primary_key = ‘id’

attr_accessible :id, :name, :catname, :catid

end

Call from the controller (app/controllers/general_controller.rb)

@list_of_names = Howto.where(“catid=10”)

What code would I put in these files?:

spec/factories.rb

spec/models/Doclist_spec.rb

app/controllers/general_controller.rb

app/models/doclist.rb

Am I missing something?

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You might find something here http://railsapps.github.io

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@trekr67 Thank You for the feedback. This site will be useful, but unfortunately doesn’t address this specific request. Thank you.

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If you work right through the tutorial at railstutorial.org (which is free to use online) that should get you started with rspec and factorygirl.

Colin

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@Colin Thank you for the post, this is very helpful.