PROBLEM

• fixtures are not maintainable
• validation change, tests/code breaks
• forms need to be filled with valid attributes

SOLUTION

• simple and robust validation testing User.email expected to be invalid when set to <xx@yy>
• create a valid record without fixtures
• create edge-case records without fixtures
• use valid attributes to test a post or fill a form

INSTALL

script/plugin install git://github.com/grosser/valid_attributes.git

Fill the test/valid_attributes.yml with 1 valid set of attributes per model
(can be attr_protected or not-attr_accessible)
Example:

user:
  name: Hans
  login: hand
  address_id: 1

When using Rspec: add to spec/spec_helper.rb:

Spec::Runner.configure do |config|
  ...
  config.include(ValidAttributes)
  ...
end

When using Test::Unit: add to test/test_helper.rb

include ValidAttributes

USAGE

• assert_invalid_attributes(User, :email=>[nil,'s','@','asd@sdf'], :name=>[nil,'x','admin'])
• set of valid attributes: valid_attributes User
• a valid Record(new): valid User
• a valid Record(saved): create_valid User
• an edge-case User: valid User, :name=>'oh noo it is too long'

AUTHOR

Michael Grosser
grosser.michael@gmail.com
Hereby placed under public domain, do what you want, just do not hold me accountable...
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