<p>Here's a quick tip on how to test those helpers such as 'new_post_path' and 'home_path'. Also those formatted routes such as 'formatted_posts_path'. And why is important to test those.</p> <p>Here's how I test route helper methods.</p> <pre><code class="ruby"> # spec/controllers/ideas_controller_spec.rb describe IdeasController do describe "GET /ideas/new" do it "should have helper method new_idea_path" do get :new new_idea_path.should_not be_nil new_idea_path.should == '/ideas/new' end it "should have helper method formatted_new_idea_path" do get :new, :format => :json formatted_new_idea_path.should_not be_nil formatted_new_idea_path.should == '/ideas/new.json' end (...) end end </code></pre> <p>And why it's important to test those methods, since they're already tested by Rails tests?</p> <p>Rails 2.3 has removed all those formatted_xxx named routes. Turns out these routes ate up a lot of memory and served minimal purpose. Read article <a href="http://ryandaigle.com/articles/2008/11/27/what-s-new-in-edge-rails-no-more-formatted-routes ">here</a>.</p> <p>So if you use something like formatted_new_user, and you need to upgrade the application to Rails 2.3, it would be broken without test coverage.</p> 16 2009-02-07T18:19:39Z 20 2009-02-07T18:19:39Z