acdesouza / rack_tested_by_capybara

Study rack app tested using capybara

Testing Rack app using Capybara

How to create a Rack app and test it using a headless Capybara.

Description

This application shows a welcome page and change its title, throught JavaScript.

Download project:

git clone
cd rack_test_by_capybara
bundle install

To see it working:

rackup # See it at http://localhost:9292

To see the tests running:

rake test # Or, just rake, since test is the default task.

Requirements

OSX

$ brew install phantomjs

Sources

• Rack app HowTo
• Rack from the Beginning
• Rack server pages
• Rake TestTask
• Capybara
• Poltergeist

Todo

• Config a rake task to test a Rack app
• Create firts test for 200 with a h1 saying "It works!"
• Create a rack app which answer 200, "It works!"
• Create test for 404 when acessing any other path
• Change RackApp to answer 404 when not accessing "/"
• Create a test to check greeting message on "/welcome"
• Add Rack server pages to show pages based on url
• Create a test to check JavaScript's greeting message, using Poltergeist
• Add JavaScript greeting message
• Run it on Travis