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@@ -415,8 +415,8 @@ NOTE: +assert_valid(record)+ has been deprecated. Please use +assert(record.vali
|_.Assertion |_.Purpose|
|+assert_valid(record)+ |Ensures that the passed record is valid by Active Record standards and returns any error messages if it is not.|
-|+assert_difference(expressions, difference = 1, message = nil) {...}+ |Test numeric difference between the return value of an expression as a result of what is evaluated in the yielded block.|
-|+assert_no_difference(expressions, message = nil, &block)+ |Asserts that the numeric result of evaluating an expression is not changed before and after invoking the passed in block.|
+|+assert_difference(expressions, difference = 1, message = nil) {...}+ |Test numeric difference between the return value of an expression as a result of what is evaluated in the yielded block.|
+|+assert_no_difference(expressions, message = nil, &block)+ |Asserts that the numeric result of evaluating an expression is not changed before and after invoking the passed in block.|
|+assert_recognizes(expected_options, path, extras={}, message=nil)+ |Asserts that the routing of the given path was handled correctly and that the parsed options (given in the expected_options hash) match path. Basically, it asserts that Rails recognizes the route given by expected_options.|
|+assert_generates(expected_path, options, defaults={}, extras = {}, message=nil)+ |Asserts that the provided options can be used to generate the provided path. This is the inverse of assert_recognizes. The extras parameter is used to tell the request the names and values of additional request parameters that would be in a query string. The message parameter allows you to specify a custom error message for assertion failures.|
|+assert_response(type, message = nil)+ |Asserts that the response comes with a specific status code. You can specify +:success+ to indicate 200, +:redirect+ to indicate 300-399, +:missing+ to indicate 404, or +:error+ to match the 500-599 range|
@@ -941,7 +941,7 @@ h3. Other Testing Approaches
The built-in +test/unit+ based testing is not the only way to test Rails applications. Rails developers have come up with a wide variety of other approaches and aids for testing, including:
* "NullDB":http://avdi.org/projects/nulldb/, a way to speed up testing by avoiding database use.
-* "Factory Girl":https://github.com/thoughtbot/factory_girl/tree/master, as replacement for fixtures.
+* "Factory Girl":https://github.com/thoughtbot/factory_girl/tree/master, a replacement for fixtures.
* "Machinist":https://github.com/notahat/machinist/tree/master, another replacement for fixtures.
* "Shoulda":http://www.thoughtbot.com/projects/shoulda, an extension to +test/unit+ with additional helpers, macros, and assertions.
* "RSpec":http://rspec.info/, a behavior-driven development framework