[rspec-users] testing instance variables that are set inside views

Tue Jul 3 14:28:30 EDT 2007

Hi,

I think @header may not be an implementation detail in this case.

If your layout looks like this:

...
<head>
<title><%= @header || 'Default Title' %></title>
</head>
...

And the view we are testing looks like this:

...
<h1><%= @header = 'Specific Title'></h1>
...

Then setting @header is an essential behavior for the view spec.

Or am I missing something?

Cheers!
Patrick
> @header is an implementation detail of your view that you shouldn't
> care about in your view spec at all. I recommend you use the have_tag
> matcher instead to verify what content gets rendered as expected.
>
> Aslak
>
> On 6/29/07, Jeremy Stephens <jeremy.f.stephens at vanderbilt.edu> wrote:
>   
>> Hi all,
>>
>> In my view specs (for Rails), how can I get at instance variables that
>> are set within my view?  For example, if my view looks like this:
>>
>> <% @header = "My Header" -%>
>> <div>some content</div>
>>
>> How can I get to @header from within my view spec?  I've tried @header
>> and assigns[:header] to no avail.
>>
>> TIA,
>> Jeremy
>>
>> --
>> Jeremy Stephens   Computer Systems Analyst I    School of Medicine
>>                   Department of Biostatistics   Vanderbilt University
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