Rails 5 Test Prescriptions

A Test with a View

Let’s look at that end-to-end test again:

test_first/03/spec/system/add_project_spec.rb

require "rails_helper"

RSpec.describe "adding a project", type: :system do
  it "allows a user to create a project with tasks" do
    visit new_project_path
    fill_in "Name", with: "Project Runway"
    fill_in "Tasks", with: "Choose Fabric:3\nMake it Work:5"
    click_on("Create Project")
    visit projects_path
    expect(page).to have_content("Project Runway")
    expect(page).to have_content(8)
  end
end

So far this test passes up to where the code completes the controller create action. At the end of that action, it redirects to projects_path—which you didn’t know when you started the end-to-end test, and ...