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diff --git a/guides/source/testing.md b/guides/source/testing.md index f898456d39..a9bce04522 100644 --- a/guides/source/testing.md +++ b/guides/source/testing.md @@ -2,11 +2,13 @@ A Guide to Testing Rails Applications ===================================== This guide covers built-in mechanisms offered by Rails to test your -application. By referring to this guide, you will be able to: +application. -* Understand Rails testing terminology -* Write unit, functional, and integration tests for your application -* Identify other popular testing approaches and plugins +After reading this guide, you will know: + +* Rails testing terminology. +* How to write unit, functional, and integration tests for your application. +* Other popular testing approaches and plugins. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- @@ -97,9 +99,9 @@ Rails by default automatically loads all fixtures from the `test/fixtures` folde * Load the fixture data into the table * Dump the fixture data into a variable in case you want to access it directly -#### Fixtures are ActiveRecord objects +#### Fixtures are Active Record objects -Fixtures are instances of ActiveRecord. As mentioned in point #3 above, you can access the object directly because it is automatically setup as a local variable of the test case. For example: +Fixtures are instances of Active Record. As mentioned in point #3 above, you can access the object directly because it is automatically setup as a local variable of the test case. For example: ```ruby # this will return the User object for the fixture named david |