What Do I Test?

This is a practice exercise for folks who've read the Rails testing book, "What Do I Test?". It helps if you've read the book, but feel free to write some tests and send me a pull request even if haven't.

Add Some Tests

Your mission (should you chose to accept it), is to make the tests in this app pass.

Setup

git clone git@github.com:whatdoitest/secret_agent_plan.git
cd secret_agent_plan
bundle install

Now, you should be able to run all those tests with rake:

$ rake
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

Finished in 0.067502s, 592.5750 runs/s, 592.5750 assertions/s.

(lots of other output)

40 runs, 40 assertions, 40 failures, 0 errors, 0 skips

Workflow

Have a look in the tests/ directory. It's filled with 40 tests that are set to fail with flunk, like this guy right here:

require 'test_helper'

class AgentTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
  test 'must have an email first_name and last_name' do
    flunk
  end
  ...
end

Using what you've learned from the book, take this requirement and make the test pass.

You are going to bump into a few walls, but like a Roomba, just turn yourself around and try again with these tips:

• Fixtures are your friends. Set them up early
• Make sure you have a Model class set up
• That includes a migration to go along with it
• You can take a peak in the answers branch if you are unsure

Check your tests with pull requests

Remember that because it rhymes.
Also, because that's the best way for me to give you feedback and answer questions. Follow github's pull request guide whenever you've reached a point where you're ready for a quick code review. I'll look over what you've done and offer some suggestions. It'll be a good time.