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  By now you've caught a glimpse of some of the assertions that are available. Assertions are the worker bees of testing. They are the ones that actually perform the checks to ensure that things are going as planned.
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  There are a bunch of different types of assertions you can use.
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+ Here's an extract of the assertions you can use with [`Minitest`](https://github.com/seattlerb/minitest), the default testing library used by Rails. The `[msg]` parameter is an optional string message you can specify to make your test failure messages clearer. It's not required.
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  | `assert_nil( obj, [msg] )` | Ensures that `obj.nil?` is true.|
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  | `assert_not_nil( obj, [msg] )` | Ensures that `obj.nil?` is false.|
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+ | `assert_empty( obj, [msg] )` | Ensures that `obj` is `empty?`.|
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  | `assert_match( regexp, string, [msg] )` | Ensures that a string matches the regular expression.|
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  | `assert_no_match( regexp, string, [msg] )` | Ensures that a string doesn't match the regular expression.|
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+ | `assert_includes( collection, obj, [msg] )` | Ensures that `obj` is in `collection`.|
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  | `assert_in_delta( expecting, actual, [delta], [msg] )` | Ensures that the numbers `expected` and `actual` are within `delta` of each other.|
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  | `assert_not_in_delta( expecting, actual, [delta], [msg] )` | Ensures that the numbers `expected` and `actual` are not within `delta` of each other.|
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  | `assert_throws( symbol, [msg] ) { block }` | Ensures that the given block throws the symbol.|
@@ -384,16 +405,20 @@ Here's an extract of the assertions you can use with `minitest`, the default tes
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  | `assert_not_respond_to( obj, symbol, [msg] )` | Ensures that `obj` does not respond to `symbol`.|
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  | `assert_operator( obj1, operator, [obj2], [msg] )` | Ensures that `obj1.operator(obj2)` is true.|
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  | `assert_not_operator( obj1, operator, [obj2], [msg] )` | Ensures that `obj1.operator(obj2)` is false.|
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+ | `assert_predicate ( obj, predicate, [msg] )` | Ensures that `obj.predicate` is true, e.g. `assert_predicate str, :empty?`|
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+ | `assert_not_predicate ( obj, predicate, [msg] )` | Ensures that `obj.predicate` is false, e.g. `assert_not_predicate str, :empty?`|
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  | `assert_send( array, [msg] )` | Ensures that executing the method listed in `array[1]` on the object in `array[0]` with the parameters of `array[2 and up]` is true. This one is weird eh?|
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+ The above are subset of assertions that minitest supports. For an exhaustive & more up-to-date list, please check [Minitest API documentation](http://docs.seattlerb.org/minitest/), specifically [`Minitest::Assertions`](http://docs.seattlerb.org/minitest/Minitest/Assertions.html)
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  Because of the modular nature of the testing framework, it is possible to create your own assertions. In fact, that's exactly what Rails does. It includes some specialized assertions to make your life easier.
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392
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396
- Rails adds some custom assertions of its own to the `test/unit` framework:
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+ Rails adds some custom assertions of its own to the `minitest` framework:
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@@ -422,26 +447,26 @@ You should test for things such as:
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  * was the appropriate message displayed to the user in the view?
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425
- Now that we have used Rails scaffold generator for our `Post` resource, it has already created the controller code and tests. You can take look at the file `posts_controller_test.rb` in the `test/controllers` directory.
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+ Now that we have used Rails scaffold generator for our `Article` resource, it has already created the controller code and tests. You can take look at the file `articles_controller_test.rb` in the `test/controllers` directory.
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451
 
427
- Let me take you through one such test, `test_should_get_index` from the file `posts_controller_test.rb`.
452
+ Let me take you through one such test, `test_should_get_index` from the file `articles_controller_test.rb`.
428
453
 
429
454
  ```ruby
430
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455
+ class ArticlesControllerTest < ActionController::TestCase
431
456
  test "should get index" do
432
457
  get :index
433
458
  assert_response :success
434
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459
+ assert_not_nil assigns(:articles)
435
460
  end
436
461
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437
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  ```
438
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439
- In the `test_should_get_index` test, Rails simulates a request on the action called `index`, making sure the request was successful and also ensuring that it assigns a valid `posts` instance variable.
464
+ In the `test_should_get_index` test, Rails simulates a request on the action called `index`, making sure the request was successful and also ensuring that it assigns a valid `articles` instance variable.
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441
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  The `get` method kicks off the web request and populates the results into the response. It accepts 4 arguments:
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443
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469
+ * An optional hash of request parameters to pass into the action (eg. query string parameters or article variables).
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@@ -457,17 +482,17 @@ Another example: Calling the `:view` action, passing an `id` of 12 as the `param
457
482
  get(:view, {'id' => '12'}, nil, {'message' => 'booya!'})
458
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  ```
459
484
 
460
- NOTE: If you try running `test_should_create_post` test from `posts_controller_test.rb` it will fail on account of the newly added model level validation and rightly so.
485
+ NOTE: If you try running `test_should_create_article` test from `articles_controller_test.rb` it will fail on account of the newly added model level validation and rightly so.
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462
- Let us modify `test_should_create_post` test in `posts_controller_test.rb` so that all our test pass:
487
+ Let us modify `test_should_create_article` test in `articles_controller_test.rb` so that all our test pass:
463
488
 
464
489
  ```ruby
465
- test "should create post" do
466
- assert_difference('Post.count') do
467
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490
+ test "should create article" do
491
+ assert_difference('Article.count') do
492
+ post :create, article: {title: 'Some title'}
468
493
  end
469
494
 
470
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495
+ assert_redirected_to article_path(assigns(:article))
471
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  end
472
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  ```
473
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@@ -576,12 +601,12 @@ is the correct way to assert for the layout when the view renders a partial with
576
601
  Here's another example that uses `flash`, `assert_redirected_to`, and `assert_difference`:
577
602
 
578
603
  ```ruby
579
- test "should create post" do
580
- assert_difference('Post.count') do
581
- post :create, post: {title: 'Hi', body: 'This is my first post.'}
604
+ test "should create article" do
605
+ assert_difference('Article.count') do
606
+ post :create, article: {title: 'Hi', body: 'This is my first article.'}
582
607
  end
583
- assert_redirected_to post_path(assigns(:post))
584
- assert_equal 'Post was successfully created.', flash[:notice]
608
+ assert_redirected_to article_path(assigns(:article))
609
+ assert_equal 'Article was successfully created.', flash[:notice]
585
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  end
586
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587
612
 
@@ -589,13 +614,13 @@ end
589
614
 
590
615
  Testing the response to your request by asserting the presence of key HTML elements and their content is a useful way to test the views of your application. The `assert_select` assertion allows you to do this by using a simple yet powerful syntax.
591
616
 
592
- NOTE: You may find references to `assert_tag` in other documentation, but this is now deprecated in favor of `assert_select`.
617
+ NOTE: You may find references to `assert_tag` in other documentation. This has been removed in 4.2. Use `assert_select` instead.
593
618
 
594
619
  There are two forms of `assert_select`:
595
620
 
596
- `assert_select(selector, [equality], [message])` ensures that the equality condition is met on the selected elements through the selector. The selector may be a CSS selector expression (String), an expression with substitution values, or an `HTML::Selector` object.
621
+ `assert_select(selector, [equality], [message])` ensures that the equality condition is met on the selected elements through the selector. The selector may be a CSS selector expression (String) or an expression with substitution values.
597
622
 
598
- `assert_select(element, selector, [equality], [message])` ensures that the equality condition is met on all the selected elements through the selector starting from the _element_ (instance of `HTML::Node`) and its descendants.
623
+ `assert_select(element, selector, [equality], [message])` ensures that the equality condition is met on all the selected elements through the selector starting from the _element_ (instance of `Nokogiri::XML::Node` or `Nokogiri::XML::NodeSet`) and its descendants.
599
624
 
600
625
  For example, you could verify the contents on the title element in your response with:
601
626
 
@@ -625,7 +650,7 @@ assert_select "ol" do
625
650
  end
626
651
  ```
627
652
 
628
- The `assert_select` assertion is quite powerful. For more advanced usage, refer to its [documentation](http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActionDispatch/Assertions/SelectorAssertions.html).
653
+ The `assert_select` assertion is quite powerful. For more advanced usage, refer to its [documentation](https://github.com/rails/rails-dom-testing/blob/master/lib/rails/dom/testing/assertions/selector_assertions.rb).
629
654
 
630
655
  #### Additional View-Based Assertions
631
656
 
@@ -710,9 +735,9 @@ class UserFlowsTest < ActionDispatch::IntegrationTest
710
735
  assert_equal 'Welcome david!', flash[:notice]
711
736
 
712
737
  https!(false)
713
- get "/posts/all"
738
+ get "/articles/all"
714
739
  assert_response :success
715
- assert assigns(:products)
740
+ assert assigns(:articles)
716
741
  end
717
742
  end
718
743
  ```
@@ -769,76 +794,71 @@ end
769
794
  Rake Tasks for Running your Tests
770
795
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771
796
 
772
- You don't need to set up and run your tests by hand on a test-by-test basis.
773
- Rails comes with a number of commands to help in testing.
774
- The table below lists all commands that come along in the default Rakefile
775
- when you initiate a Rails project.
797
+ Rails comes with a number of built-in rake tasks to help with testing. The
798
+ table below lists the commands included in the default Rakefile when a Rails
799
+ project is created.
776
800
 
777
801
  | Tasks | Description |
778
802
  | ----------------------- | ----------- |
779
- | `rake test` | Runs all unit, functional and integration tests. You can also simply run `rake` as Rails will run all the tests by default |
803
+ | `rake test` | Runs all tests in the `test` folder. You can also simply run `rake` as Rails will run all the tests by default |
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804
  | `rake test:controllers` | Runs all the controller tests from `test/controllers` |
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805
  | `rake test:functionals` | Runs all the functional tests from `test/controllers`, `test/mailers`, and `test/functional` |
782
806
  | `rake test:helpers` | Runs all the helper tests from `test/helpers` |
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807
  | `rake test:integration` | Runs all the integration tests from `test/integration` |
808
+ | `rake test:jobs` | Runs all the job tests from `test/jobs` |
784
809
  | `rake test:mailers` | Runs all the mailer tests from `test/mailers` |
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810
  | `rake test:models` | Runs all the model tests from `test/models` |
786
811
  | `rake test:units` | Runs all the unit tests from `test/models`, `test/helpers`, and `test/unit` |
787
- | `rake test:all` | Runs all tests quickly by merging all types and not resetting db |
788
- | `rake test:all:db` | Runs all tests quickly by merging all types and resetting db |
812
+ | `rake test:db` | Runs all tests in the `test` folder and resets the db |
789
813
 
790
814
 
791
- Brief Note About `MiniTest`
815
+ A Brief Note About Minitest
792
816
  -----------------------------
793
817
 
794
- Ruby ships with a boat load of libraries. Ruby 1.8 provides `Test::Unit`, a framework for unit testing in Ruby. All the basic assertions discussed above are actually defined in `Test::Unit::Assertions`. The class `ActiveSupport::TestCase` which we have been using in our unit and functional tests extends `Test::Unit::TestCase`, allowing
795
- us to use all of the basic assertions in our tests.
818
+ Ruby ships with a vast Standard Library for all common use-cases including testing. Since version 1.9, Ruby provides `Minitest`, a framework for testing. All the basic assertions such as `assert_equal` discussed above are actually defined in `Minitest::Assertions`. The classes `ActiveSupport::TestCase`, `ActionController::TestCase`, `ActionMailer::TestCase`, `ActionView::TestCase` and `ActionDispatch::IntegrationTest` - which we have been inheriting in our test classes - include `Minitest::Assertions`, allowing us to use all of the basic assertions in our tests.
796
819
 
797
- Ruby 1.9 introduced `MiniTest`, an updated version of `Test::Unit` which provides a backwards compatible API for `Test::Unit`. You could also use `MiniTest` in Ruby 1.8 by installing the `minitest` gem.
798
-
799
- NOTE: For more information on `Test::Unit`, refer to [test/unit Documentation](http://ruby-doc.org/stdlib/libdoc/test/unit/rdoc/)
800
- For more information on `MiniTest`, refer to [Minitest](http://www.ruby-doc.org/stdlib-1.9.3/libdoc/minitest/unit/rdoc/)
820
+ NOTE: For more information on `Minitest`, refer to [Minitest](http://ruby-doc.org/stdlib-2.1.0/libdoc/minitest/rdoc/MiniTest.html)
801
821
 
802
822
  Setup and Teardown
803
823
  ------------------
804
824
 
805
- If you would like to run a block of code before the start of each test and another block of code after the end of each test you have two special callbacks for your rescue. Let's take note of this by looking at an example for our functional test in `Posts` controller:
825
+ If you would like to run a block of code before the start of each test and another block of code after the end of each test you have two special callbacks for your rescue. Let's take note of this by looking at an example for our functional test in `Articles` controller:
806
826
 
807
827
  ```ruby
808
828
  require 'test_helper'
809
829
 
810
- class PostsControllerTest < ActionController::TestCase
830
+ class ArticlesControllerTest < ActionController::TestCase
811
831
 
812
832
  # called before every single test
813
833
  def setup
814
- @post = posts(:one)
834
+ @article = articles(:one)
815
835
  end
816
836
 
817
837
  # called after every single test
818
838
  def teardown
819
- # as we are re-initializing @post before every test
839
+ # as we are re-initializing @article before every test
820
840
  # setting it to nil here is not essential but I hope
821
841
  # you understand how you can use the teardown method
822
- @post = nil
842
+ @article = nil
823
843
  end
824
844
 
825
- test "should show post" do
826
- get :show, id: @post.id
845
+ test "should show article" do
846
+ get :show, id: @article.id
827
847
  assert_response :success
828
848
  end
829
849
 
830
- test "should destroy post" do
831
- assert_difference('Post.count', -1) do
832
- delete :destroy, id: @post.id
850
+ test "should destroy article" do
851
+ assert_difference('Article.count', -1) do
852
+ delete :destroy, id: @article.id
833
853
  end
834
854
 
835
- assert_redirected_to posts_path
855
+ assert_redirected_to articles_path
836
856
  end
837
857
 
838
858
  end
839
859
  ```
840
860
 
841
- Above, the `setup` method is called before each test and so `@post` is available for each of the tests. Rails implements `setup` and `teardown` as `ActiveSupport::Callbacks`. Which essentially means you need not only use `setup` and `teardown` as methods in your tests. You could specify them by using:
861
+ Above, the `setup` method is called before each test and so `@article` is available for each of the tests. Rails implements `setup` and `teardown` as `ActiveSupport::Callbacks`. Which essentially means you need not only use `setup` and `teardown` as methods in your tests. You could specify them by using:
842
862
 
843
863
  * a block
844
864
  * a method (like in the earlier example)
@@ -850,38 +870,38 @@ Let's see the earlier example by specifying `setup` callback by specifying a met
850
870
  ```ruby
851
871
  require 'test_helper'
852
872
 
853
- class PostsControllerTest < ActionController::TestCase
873
+ class ArticlesControllerTest < ActionController::TestCase
854
874
 
855
875
  # called before every single test
856
- setup :initialize_post
876
+ setup :initialize_article
857
877
 
858
878
  # called after every single test
859
879
  def teardown
860
- @post = nil
880
+ @article = nil
861
881
  end
862
882
 
863
- test "should show post" do
864
- get :show, id: @post.id
883
+ test "should show article" do
884
+ get :show, id: @article.id
865
885
  assert_response :success
866
886
  end
867
887
 
868
- test "should update post" do
869
- patch :update, id: @post.id, post: {}
870
- assert_redirected_to post_path(assigns(:post))
888
+ test "should update article" do
889
+ patch :update, id: @article.id, article: {}
890
+ assert_redirected_to article_path(assigns(:article))
871
891
  end
872
892
 
873
- test "should destroy post" do
874
- assert_difference('Post.count', -1) do
875
- delete :destroy, id: @post.id
893
+ test "should destroy article" do
894
+ assert_difference('Article.count', -1) do
895
+ delete :destroy, id: @article.id
876
896
  end
877
897
 
878
- assert_redirected_to posts_path
898
+ assert_redirected_to articles_path
879
899
  end
880
900
 
881
901
  private
882
902
 
883
- def initialize_post
884
- @post = posts(:one)
903
+ def initialize_article
904
+ @article = articles(:one)
885
905
  end
886
906
  end
887
907
  ```
@@ -889,11 +909,17 @@ end
889
909
  Testing Routes
890
910
  --------------
891
911
 
892
- Like everything else in your Rails application, it is recommended that you test your routes. An example test for a route in the default `show` action of `Posts` controller above should look like:
912
+ Like everything else in your Rails application, it is recommended that you test your routes. Below are example tests for the routes of default `show` and `create` action of `Articles` controller above and it should look like:
893
913
 
894
914
  ```ruby
895
- test "should route to post" do
896
- assert_routing '/posts/1', {controller: "posts", action: "show", id: "1"}
915
+ class ArticleRoutesTest < ActionController::TestCase
916
+ test "should route to article" do
917
+ assert_routing '/articles/1', { controller: "articles", action: "show", id: "1" }
918
+ end
919
+
920
+ test "should route to create article" do
921
+ assert_routing({ method: 'post', path: '/articles' }, { controller: "articles", action: "create" })
922
+ end
897
923
  end
898
924
  ```
899
925
 
@@ -924,7 +950,7 @@ In order to test that your mailer is working as expected, you can use unit tests
924
950
 
925
951
  For the purposes of unit testing a mailer, fixtures are used to provide an example of how the output _should_ look. Because these are example emails, and not Active Record data like the other fixtures, they are kept in their own subdirectory apart from the other fixtures. The name of the directory within `test/fixtures` directly corresponds to the name of the mailer. So, for a mailer named `UserMailer`, the fixtures should reside in `test/fixtures/user_mailer` directory.
926
952
 
927
- When you generated your mailer, the generator creates stub fixtures for each of the mailers actions. If you didn't use the generator you'll have to make those files yourself.
953
+ If you generated your mailer, the generator does not create stub fixtures for the mailers actions. You'll have to create those files yourself as described above.
928
954
 
929
955
  #### The Basic Test Case
930
956
 
@@ -937,7 +963,7 @@ class UserMailerTest < ActionMailer::TestCase
937
963
  test "invite" do
938
964
  # Send the email, then test that it got queued
939
965
  email = UserMailer.create_invite('me@example.com',
940
- 'friend@example.com', Time.now).deliver
966
+ 'friend@example.com', Time.now).deliver_now
941
967
  assert_not ActionMailer::Base.deliveries.empty?
942
968
 
943
969
  # Test the body of the sent email contains what we expect it to
@@ -992,7 +1018,7 @@ class UserControllerTest < ActionController::TestCase
992
1018
 
993
1019
  assert_equal "You have been invited by me@example.com", invite_email.subject
994
1020
  assert_equal 'friend@example.com', invite_email.to[0]
995
- assert_match(/Hi friend@example.com/, invite_email.body)
1021
+ assert_match(/Hi friend@example.com/, invite_email.body.to_s)
996
1022
  end
997
1023
  end
998
1024
  ```
@@ -1002,17 +1028,9 @@ Testing helpers
1002
1028
 
1003
1029
  In order to test helpers, all you need to do is check that the output of the
1004
1030
  helper method matches what you'd expect. Tests related to the helpers are
1005
- located under the `test/helpers` directory. Rails provides a generator which
1006
- generates both the helper and the test file:
1007
-
1008
- ```bash
1009
- $ bin/rails generate helper User
1010
- create app/helpers/user_helper.rb
1011
- invoke test_unit
1012
- create test/helpers/user_helper_test.rb
1013
- ```
1031
+ located under the `test/helpers` directory.
1014
1032
 
1015
- The generated test file contains the following code:
1033
+ A helper test looks like so:
1016
1034
 
1017
1035
  ```ruby
1018
1036
  require 'test_helper'
@@ -1038,15 +1056,77 @@ end
1038
1056
  Moreover, since the test class extends from `ActionView::TestCase`, you have
1039
1057
  access to Rails' helper methods such as `link_to` or `pluralize`.
1040
1058
 
1059
+ Testing Jobs
1060
+ ------------
1061
+
1062
+ Since your custom jobs can be queued at different levels inside your application,
1063
+ you'll need to test both jobs themselves (their behavior when they get enqueued)
1064
+ and that other entities correctly enqueue them.
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+
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+ ### A Basic Test Case
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+
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+ By default, when you generate a job, an associated test will be generated as well
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+ under the `test/jobs` directory. Here's an example test with a billing job:
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+
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+ ```ruby
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+ require 'test_helper'
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+
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+ class BillingJobTest < ActiveJob::TestCase
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+ test 'that account is charged' do
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+ BillingJob.perform_now(account, product)
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+ assert account.reload.charged_for?(product)
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+ end
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+ end
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+ ```
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+
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+ This test is pretty simple and only asserts that the job get the work done
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+ as expected.
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+
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+ By default, `ActiveJob::TestCase` will set the queue adapter to `:test` so that
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+ your jobs are performed inline. It will also ensure that all previously performed
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+ and enqueued jobs are cleared before any test run so you can safely assume that
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+ no jobs have already been executed in the scope of each test.
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+
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+ ### Custom Assertions And Testing Jobs Inside Other Components
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+
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+ Active Job ships with a bunch of custom assertions that can be used to lessen
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+ the verbosity of tests:
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+
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+ | Assertion | Purpose |
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+ | -------------------------------------- | ------- |
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+ | `assert_enqueued_jobs(number)` | Asserts that the number of enqueued jobs matches the given number. |
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+ | `assert_performed_jobs(number)` | Asserts that the number of performed jobs matches the given number. |
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+ | `assert_no_enqueued_jobs { ... }` | Asserts that no jobs have been enqueued. |
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+ | `assert_no_performed_jobs { ... }` | Asserts that no jobs have been performed. |
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+ | `assert_enqueued_with([args]) { ... }` | Asserts that the job passed in the block has been enqueued with the given arguments. |
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+ | `assert_performed_with([args]) { ... }`| Asserts that the job passed in the block has been performed with the given arguments. |
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+
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+ It's a good practice to ensure that your jobs correctly get enqueued or performed
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+ wherever you invoke them (e.g. inside your controllers). This is precisely where
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+ the custom assertions provided by Active Job are pretty useful. For instance,
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+ within a model:
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+
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+ ```ruby
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+ require 'test_helper'
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+
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+ class ProductTest < ActiveJob::TestCase
1113
+ test 'billing job scheduling' do
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+ assert_enqueued_with(job: BillingJob) do
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+ product.charge(account)
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+ end
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+ end
1118
+ end
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+ ```
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+
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  Other Testing Approaches
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  ------------------------
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1123
 
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- The built-in `test/unit` based testing is not the only way to test Rails applications. Rails developers have come up with a wide variety of other approaches and aids for testing, including:
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+ The built-in `minitest` based testing is not the only way to test Rails applications. Rails developers have come up with a wide variety of other approaches and aids for testing, including:
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1125
 
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  * [NullDB](http://avdi.org/projects/nulldb/), a way to speed up testing by avoiding database use.
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  * [Factory Girl](https://github.com/thoughtbot/factory_girl/tree/master), a replacement for fixtures.
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- * [Machinist](https://github.com/notahat/machinist/tree/master), another replacement for fixtures.
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  * [Fixture Builder](https://github.com/rdy/fixture_builder), a tool that compiles Ruby factories into fixtures before a test run.
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  * [MiniTest::Spec Rails](https://github.com/metaskills/minitest-spec-rails), use the MiniTest::Spec DSL within your rails tests.
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  * [Shoulda](http://www.thoughtbot.com/projects/shoulda), an extension to `test/unit` with additional helpers, macros, and assertions.
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  * [RSpec](http://relishapp.com/rspec), a behavior-driven development framework
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+ * [Capybara](http://jnicklas.github.com/capybara/), Acceptance test framework for web applications