Rspec, Factory Girl, Faker and Capybara Questions and cheat sheet.

testing

1. Should I shoulda-matchers in place of something like:
    expect(Contact.new(firstname: nil)).to have(1).errors_on(:firstname)

2. When should I use let(:variable) {something} vs. using variable = something

expect(Contact.new(lastname: nil)).to have(1).errors_on(:lastname)

Assertions
.to
.to_be
.to_not
*.should 
*.should_not

Matchers
eq
equal
be_true
be_valid
include

Hooks
Theses go within a describe block. 
before [all, each]

*Don't use these

Factory Girl

##Creating Objects
build- creates without saving 
create - creates and saves 

add config.include FactoryGirl::Syntax::Methods for shortcuts
expect(build(:contact, firstname: nil)).to

Associations 
  FactoryGirl.define do factory :phone do
    association :contact
    phone { '123-555-1234' }
    phone_type 'home'
  end 
end