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Testing Exceptions

#187 Testing Exceptions

Nov 09, 2009 | 10 minutes | Testing, Debugging
Sometimes bad code slips into production and triggers a 500 error. Learn how to be notified of this and resolve it through integration tests.
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bash 
script/generate integration_test exceptions
rake test:integration
test/integration/exceptions_test.rb 
class ExceptionsTest < ActionController::IntegrationTest
  fixtures :all

  test "POST /products" do
    post "/products", "commit"=>"Submit", "product"=>{"name"=>"Headphones", "price"=>"-2"}
    assert_response :success
  end
  
  test "GET /products/8/edit" do
    product = Product.first
    get "/products/#{product.id}/edit"
    assert_response :success
  end
end