beginning of tests

test/functional/articles_controller_test.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+require 'test_helper'
+
+class ArticlesControllerTest < ActionController::TestCase
+
+  setup do
+    @article = articles(:one)
+    login_as(:brad)
+  end
+
+  test "should get index" do
+    get :index
+    assert_response :success
+    assert_not_nil assigns(:articles)
+  end
+
+  test "should get new" do
+    get :new
+    assert_response :success
+  end
+
+  test "should create article" do
+    assert_difference('Article.count') do
+      post :create, :article => { :title => 'Howdy', :body => 'Some body copy', :author_id => 1 }
+    end
+
+    assert_redirected_to article_path(assigns(:article))
+    assert_equal 'Article was successfully created.', flash[:notice]
+  end
+
+  test "should show article" do
+    get :show, id: @article.to_param
+    assert_response :success
+  end
+
+  test "should get edit" do
+    get :edit, id: @article.to_param
+    assert_response :success
+  end
+
+  test "should update article" do
+    put :update, id: @article.to_param, article: @article.attributes
+    assert_redirected_to article_path(assigns(:article))
+  end
+
+  test "should destroy article" do
+    assert_difference('Article.count', -1) do
+      delete :destroy, id: @article.to_param
+    end
+
+    assert_redirected_to article_path
+  end
+end

test/test_helper.rb

@@ -10,4 +10,8 @@ class ActiveSupport::TestCase
   fixtures :all
 
   # Add more helper methods to be used by all tests here...
+
+  def login_as(author)
+     @request.session[:author_id] = author ? author.id : nil
+  end
 end

test/unit/article_test.rb

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+require 'test_helper'
+
+class ArticleTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
+
+  def setup
+    @article = articles(:one)
+  end
+
+  test "create article without requirements" do
+    article = Article.new
+    assert !article.save, "Saved an article without any validations"
+  end
+
+  # test "validations" do
+  #   assert(@article.valid?)
+  #   
+  #   @article.title = nil
+  #   assert(!@article.valid?)
+  #   
+  #   @article.title = "A title much longer than 140 character!! A title much longer than 140 character!! A title much longer than 140 character!! A title much longer than 140 character!!"
+  #   assert(!@article.valid?)
+  #   
+  #   @article.author_id = nil
+  #   assert(!@article.valid?)
+  #   
+  #   @article.body = nil
+  #   assert(!@article.valid?)
+  # end
+
+end