[Rails] Re: how does the controller "know" about the model?

Carl Jenkins wrote:
> Thanks for the responses!
>
> So to me it seems like Ruby/Rails controllers know about the model;
> since Rails "stitches" the view, controllers and model together for you
> I guess that makes sense.
>
> A similar thing that is throwing me for a loop is something like this.
>
> test "should get index" do
> get :index
> assert_response :success
> assert_select '#columns #side a' , :minimum => 4
> assert_select '#main .entry' , 3
> assert_select 'h3' , 'Programming Ruby 1.9'
> assert_select '.price' , /\$[,\d]+\.\d\d/
> end
>
> This is a unit test from the book. The assert_select(s) test the html
> response. But, this really confuses me because I see now response
> anywhere?

What would you expect to see that you're not seeing? Why is this
confusing you?

> How in the world do the assert statements know of the HTML that was
> generated?

Why not look at the Test::Unit source code to find out?

(BTW, I recommend switching from Test::Unit to RSpec as soon as
possible.)

Best,
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marnen@marnen.org
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