site.js.coffee

class Strands.Models.Site extends Backbone.Model
  url: ->
    if this.isNew()
      '/sites.json'
    else
      '/sites/' + this.id + '.json'

  link: -> '/sites/' + this.id

  name: -> @get('name')

  defaults:
    name: ''

sites.js.coffee

class Strands.Collections.Sites extends Backbone.Collection
  url: '/sites.json'
  model: Strands.Models.Site

sites_spec.js.coffee

describe 'Strands.Collections.Sites', ->
  it 'should be defined', ->
    expect(Strands.Collections.Sites).toBeDefined()

  it 'can be instantiated', ->
    sites = new Strands.Collections.Sites()
    expect(sites).not.toBeNull()

  beforeEach ->
    @sites = new Strands.Collections.Sites()

  describe '#fetch', ->
    beforeEach ->
      @server = sinon.fakeServer.create()

    afterEach ->
      @server.restore()

    describe 'request', ->
      beforeEach ->
        @sites.fetch()
        @request = @server.requests[0]
      it 'should be GET', ->
        expect(@request).toBeGET()

      it 'should be async', ->
        expect(@request).toBeAsync()
      it 'should have valid url', ->
        expect(@request).toHaveUrl '/sites.json'
    describe 'on success', ->
      beforeEach ->
        fixtures = [
                     id: 11
                     name: 'Severn'
                   ,
                     id: 12
                     name: 'Pasadena'
                   ]
        @server.respondWith "GET", "/sites.json", [ 200,
                            "Content-Type": "application/json",
                            JSON.stringify(fixtures) ]
        @sites.fetch()
        @server.respond()
      it 'loaded sites collection', ->
        expect(@sites.models.length).toEqual 2

      it 'parses sites from the response', ->
        expect(@sites.get(11).get('name')).toEqual 'Severn'
        expect(@sites.get(12).get('name')).toEqual 'Pasadena'