My latest TaskSpec.js

gistfile1.js

describe("Tasks", function() {

  var task;
  var last_task_id;

  beforeEach(function() {
    task = new app.models.Task("Buy the milk");
  });

  describe("makeId", function() {
    it("just glue a number onto the end of the cool_beans", function() {
      expect(task.makeId(1)).toBe("cool_beans_1");
    });
  });

  describe("when creating a Task on a real rails server", function() {
    it("should give me the newly created Task as JSON", function() {
      var callback = jasmine.createSpy();
      // spyOn(task, 'getBar').andCallThrough();

      task.save(callback);

      waitsFor(function() {
          return callback.callCount > 0;
      });

      runs(function() {
        var dataFromRails = callback.mostRecentCall.args[0];
        expect(dataFromRails.statusText).toNotBe("error");
        expect(dataFromRails["title"]).toBe("Buy the milk");
        last_task_id = dataFromRails.id
      });

    });

  });

  describe("when calling the dummy ajax method", function() {
    it("should call the correct URL", function() {
      spyOn($, "ajax");
      task.save();
      var lastRequest = $.ajax.mostRecentCall.args[0];
      expect(lastRequest["url"]).toEqual("http://localhost:3000/tasks/");
      expect(lastRequest.data.task.title).toEqual("Buy the milk");
    });
  });

  describe("Finding tasks", function() {
    it("set the Task info from Rails", function() {
      var new_task = new app.models.Task();
      new_task.id = last_task_id;

      var callback = jasmine.createSpy();
      new_task.find(callback);

      waitsFor(function() {
        return callback.callCount > 0;
      });

      runs(function() {
        var lastRequest = callback.mostRecentCall.args[0];
        var url = "http://localhost:3000/tasks/" + new_task.id;
        expect(new_task.id).toEqual(new_task.id);
        expect(new_task.title).toEqual("Buy the milk");
      });
    });

    it("should send right parameters to AJAX", function() {
      var new_task = new app.models.Task();
      new_task.title = "Buy the milk";
      new_task.id = last_task_id;

      spyOn($, "ajax");
      new_task.find();
      var lastRequest = $.ajax.mostRecentCall.args[0];
      expect(lastRequest.url).toEqual("http://localhost:3000/tasks/" + new_task.id);
      expect(lastRequest.type).toEqual("GET");
      expect(lastRequest.data.task.title).toEqual("Buy the milk");
    });
  })


  describe("real delete to destroy", function() {
    it("it should work", function() {
      var callback = jasmine.createSpy();

      task.id = last_task_id;
      task.destroy(callback);

      waitsFor(function() {
        return callback.callCount > 0;
      });

      runs(function() {
        var dataFromRails = callback.mostRecentCall.args[0];
        expect(dataFromRails.statusText).toNotBe("error");
        expect(dataFromRails["message"]).toBe("Task Destroyed");
      });
    });
  });

  describe("test ajax stubbed version", function() {
    it("should work", function() {
      spyOn($, "ajax");
      task.destroy();
      var lastRequest = $.ajax.mostRecentCall.args[0];
      expect(lastRequest["url"]).toEqual("http://localhost:3000/tasks/" + task.id);
      expect(lastRequest["type"]).toEqual("POST");
    });
  });

  it("should validate the title", function() {
    task.title = null;
    expect(task.valid()).toBeFalsy();
    task.title = undefined;
    expect(task.valid()).toBeFalsy();
    task.title = "";
    expect(task.valid()).toBeFalsy();
    task.title = "Cool Beans";
    expect(task.valid()).toBeTruthy();
  });

  describe("save without a title", function() {
    it("should do nothing", function() {
      spyOn($, "ajax");
      task.title = null;
      task.save();
      expect($.ajax.mostRecentCall).toEqual({});
    });
  });



});