Controller conventions

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Given a controller file, with some actions in it... This gist defines how I like to organize the rspec controller file.

persons_controller.rb

class PersonsController < ApplicationController
  def index
    #some code here
  end

  def new
    #some code here
  end

  def edit
    #some code here
  end

  def update
    #some code here
  end

  def destroy
    #some code here
  end

  def create
    #some code here
  end
end

persons_controller_spec.rb

require 'spec_helper'

describe PersonsController, "Routing" do
  it { {get: "/persons"}.should route_to(controller: "persons", action: "index") }
  it { {get: "/persons/new"}.should route_to(controller: "persons", action: "new") }
  it { {post: "/persons"}.should route_to(controller: "persons", action: "create") }
  it { {delete: "/persons/1"}.should route_to(controller: "persons", action: "destroy", id: "1") }
  it { {put: "/persons/1"}.should route_to(controller: "persons", action: "update",id: "1") }
  it { {get: "/persons/1/edit"}.should route_to(controller: "persons", action: "edit", id: "1") }
  it { {get: "/persons/all"}.should route_to(controller: "persons", action: "all") }
end

describe PersonsController, "Actions" do
  render_views

  describe "on HTTP_VERB to #action" do
    # spec cases usually the possible scenarios that could happen here.
  end


  describe "on GET to #index" do
    #spec cases usually the possible scenarios that could happen here.
    it "should set the variable used for the view" do
      ...
    end
    it "should render template" do
      ...
    end
  end
end