Functional Tests misbehaving with Globalize

Rails
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Howdy all

Apologies to the folks subscribed to the globalize list for dual
posting this message…

I’ve got a project running globalize and rails 1.1.4, and I’ve only
recently adopted a strong love for testing. Now my models are 100%
tested (I must note that I do not make use of any translations in the
database yet), and I’ve now started with functional tests before
moving on to integration tests.

It seems I cannot “assert_template” without getting results like:

  1. assert_template “index.rhtml” yields:
    NoMethodError: You have a nil object when you didn’t expect it!
    You might have expected an instance of Array.
    The error occured while evaluating nil.[]
    and 2. assert_template “index” yields:
    expecting <“index”> but rendering with <“index.rhtml”>

I’ve spent the whole evening googling and digging around mailing list
archives, but to no avail… I know that testing is still on the todo
list for globalize, but what
is everyone else doing at the moment regarding functional tests? Does
the same count for integration tests? Or maybe if someone can point me
in the right direction for fixing the functional tests I can get
started on it.

But, I need to stress how thankfull I am for the code so far, it is
really a marvel.

Best

–

Kenneth K.
[email protected]

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–

Kenneth K.
[email protected]

Folding@home stats
http://fah-web.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/main.py?qtype=userpage&username=kenneth.kalmer

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On 7/17/06, Kenneth K. [email protected] wrote:

list for globalize, but what
is everyone else doing at the moment regarding functional tests? Does
the same count for integration tests? Or maybe if someone can point me
in the right direction for fixing the functional tests I can get
started on it.

These just look like standard rails failures rather than globalize
failures. Try using assert_template ‘index’ or if it’s in a subdir
‘admin/index’ or whatever. I’ve never been sure of the exact syntax
but it’s usually ‘layout_name/view_name’ without any .rhtml or .rxml
on the end. When you render just a layout you usually have
‘layouts/layout_name’ so it’s somehow tied to the filesystem but I’m
not entirely sure how yet.

I’m pleased that there are other people out there that love testing as
much as I do. Have you found rcov? Green bars are my opiate of choice.

Cheers,
Chuck V.

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On 7/17/06, Chuck V. [email protected] wrote:

moving on to integration tests.
archives, but to no avail… I know that testing is still on the todo
on the end. When you render just a layout you usually have
‘layouts/layout_name’ so it’s somehow tied to the filesystem but I’m
not entirely sure how yet.

I’m pleased that there are other people out there that love testing as
much as I do. Have you found rcov? Green bars are my opiate of choice.

Thanks, but I’m sure the problems somehow relate to globalize, I just
can’t put my finger on iit. This one project is the only one making
use of globalize at the moment, and all my other projects have over
90% coverage at this point in time (using the same test helper). Below
is my helper, accompanied with a functional test and the failure.

<test_helper.rb>
def get_page(action, template, params = {}, session = {}, flash = {})
# call the action
get action, params, session, flash

# make sure it is a success
assert_response :success

# make sure our correct template was rendered
assert_template template

# check our required variables
assert_not_nil assigns(:country)
assert_not_nil session[:country]

end
</test_helper.rb>

<welcome_controller_test.rb>
def test_welcome
# test the homepage
get_page “index”, ‘index’
end
</welcome_controller_test.rb>

<two_different_errors>
kenneth@jenny ~/work/wellness $ r
test/functional/general/welcome_controller_test.rb
Loaded suite test/functional/general/welcome_controller_test
Started
F
Finished in 0.055704 seconds.

  1. Failure:
    test_welcome(General::WelcomeControllerTest)
    [./test/functional/general/…/…/test_helper.rb:39:in get_page' test/functional/general/welcome_controller_test.rb:17:in test_welcome’]:
    expecting <“index”> but rendering with <“index.rhtml”>

1 tests, 2 assertions, 1 failures, 0 errors
kenneth@jenny ~/work/wellness $ r
test/functional/general/welcome_controller_test.rb
Loaded suite test/functional/general/welcome_controller_test
Started
E
Finished in 0.050716 seconds.

  1. Error:
    test_welcome(General::WelcomeControllerTest):
    NoMethodError: You have a nil object when you didn’t expect it!
    You might have expected an instance of Array.
    The error occured while evaluating nil.[]
    ./test/functional/general/…/…/test_helper.rb:43:in get_page' test/functional/general/welcome_controller_test.rb:17:in test_welcome’

1 tests, 3 assertions, 0 failures, 1 errors
</two_different_errors>

Thanks for the help, any insight would be really appreciated.

Best

–

Kenneth K.
[email protected]

Folding@home stats
http://fah-web.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/main.py?qtype=userpage&username=kenneth.kalmer

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On 7/17/06, Kenneth K. [email protected] wrote:

database yet), and I’ve now started with functional tests before
I’ve spent the whole evening googling and digging around mailing list
but it’s usually ‘layout_name/view_name’ without any .rhtml or .rxml
90% coverage at this point in time (using the same test helper). Below

# make sure our correct template was rendered
# test the homepage

Finished in 0.055704 seconds.
Loaded suite test/functional/general/welcome_controller_test
test/functional/general/welcome_controller_test.rb:17:in `test_welcome’

1 tests, 3 assertions, 0 failures, 1 errors
</two_different_errors>

Thanks for the help, any insight would be really appreciated.

Sorry, I have to admit that I don’t know the answer or where to even
begin. Usually I have at least something I can say that may help but
I’m totally stumped. I hope you get it sorted, seems like a
fascinating problem.

-Chuck V.

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On 7/17/06, Kenneth K. [email protected] wrote:

database yet), and I’ve now started with functional tests before
I’ve spent the whole evening googling and digging around mailing list
but it’s usually ‘layout_name/view_name’ without any .rhtml or .rxml
90% coverage at this point in time (using the same test helper). Below

# make sure our correct template was rendered
# test the homepage

Finished in 0.055704 seconds.
Loaded suite test/functional/general/welcome_controller_test
test/functional/general/welcome_controller_test.rb:17:in `test_welcome’

1 tests, 3 assertions, 0 failures, 1 errors
</two_different_errors>

Thanks for the help, any insight would be really appreciated.

Sorry, I have to admit that I don’t know the answer or where to even
begin. Usually I have at least something I can say that may help but
I’m totally stumped. I hope you get it sorted, seems like a
fascinating problem.

-Chuck V.

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Kenneth K. wrote:

On 7/17/06, Chuck V. [email protected] wrote:

moving on to integration tests.
archives, but to no avail… I know that testing is still on the todo
on the end. When you render just a layout you usually have
‘layouts/layout_name’ so it’s somehow tied to the filesystem but I’m
not entirely sure how yet.

I’m pleased that there are other people out there that love testing as
much as I do. Have you found rcov? Green bars are my opiate of choice.

Thanks, but I’m sure the problems somehow relate to globalize, I just
can’t put my finger on iit. This one project is the only one making
use of globalize at the moment, and all my other projects have over
90% coverage at this point in time (using the same test helper). Below
is my helper, accompanied with a functional test and the failure.

Hi,

I am too having problems with Globalize and assert_redirect, or rather
follow_redirect. The code in follow_redirect assumes a fixed
“controller/action/id” URL pattern and I changed my URL to
“locale/contr/action/id”, which makes all “follow_redirect” calls in the
functional tests fail.

Maybe this is related.
I have filed a bug about this in the Rails Trac … we’ll see.

Jens