Ember.js Cookbook

Testing models

When testing models, you can use Ember Data to help. In this recipe, we'll create a model and test to make sure that it's creating data correctly.

How to do it...

1. In a new application, generate a new student model:

   $ ember g model student.js
   

   This will generate the necessary files for the student model.

2. Update the student model with two properties:

   // app/models/student.js
   import DS from 'ember-data';
   
   export default DS.Model.extend({
       firstName: DS.attr('string'),
       lastName: DS.attr('string')
   });

   This model has two properties, firstName and lastName. Both hold string values.

3. Add a new unit test for the new model that tests the new properties:

   // tests/unit/models/student-test.js import { moduleForModel, test } from 'ember-qunit'; moduleForModel('student', ...