I didn't see any forums or lists for RSpec users, so I'm hoping there are RSpec users on this list who may be able to help.
I have this in my routes.rb:
map.signup 'signup/:step', :controller => 'register', :action => 'signup', :step => 1
This test in the associated *.rspec file passes:
it "should assign @step to 1 on a get to 1" do get 'signup', :step => 1 assigns[:step].should equal(1) end
This one fails:
it "should assign @step to 1 on a get to /signup" do get 'signup' assigns[:step].should equal(1) end
Even though that second test fails, when running under mongrel the controller does the expected thing. If I GET /signup, the @step variable (which is simply assigned the value of params[:step] by a before_filter) is set to 1 appropriately. It seems that the default :step set in the routes.rb works when running in a server, but not during testing. I find this odd, since I am able to test my routes with route_for, and they all pass. It seems that during testing, some of what routes.rb specifies works, and some doesn't.
Is this to be expected, or have I managed to break something? It's sort of hard for me to accept that I cannot test behavior of my controller that relies on mappings in routes.rb, so I'm guessing I've got something wrong somewhere.