Rails 3.1, RSpec: testing model validations

Question

I have started my journey with TDD in Rails and have run into a small issue regarding tests for model validations that I can\'t seem to find a solution to. Let\'s say I have a U

Answer 1

Like @nathanvda said, I would take advantage of Thoughtbot's Shoulda Matchers gem. With that rocking, you can write your test in the following manner as to test for presence, as well as any custom error message.

RSpec.describe User do

  describe 'User validations' do
    let(:message) { "I pitty da foo who dont enter a name" }

    it 'validates presence and message' do
     is_expected.to validate_presence_of(:name).
      with_message message
    end

    # shorthand syntax:
    it { is_expected.to validate_presence_of(:name).with_message message }
  end

end