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Testing Page Controller Integration in Maybe Finance

This test suite validates core page functionality in the Maybe Finance application, focusing on controller-level tests for dashboard and changelog features. It uses ActionDispatch::IntegrationTest to ensure proper routing and response handling with authenticated users.

Test Coverage Overview

The test suite provides essential coverage for two primary page endpoints: the dashboard (root path) and changelog. It verifies authentication flows and proper HTTP responses, with specific focus on user session management.

Dashboard access verification with authenticated user
Changelog functionality with VCR-recorded API responses
User authentication setup and validation

Implementation Analysis

The implementation utilizes Rails’ built-in ActionDispatch::IntegrationTest framework for controller testing. It demonstrates a clean setup using fixture data for user authentication and VCR for external API interaction mocking.

Integration test approach with full request lifecycle
Fixture-based test data management
VCR cassette implementation for API responses

Technical Details

Minitest testing framework
ActionDispatch::IntegrationTest for request handling
VCR for HTTP interaction recording
Rails fixtures for test data
Authentication helper methods

Best Practices Demonstrated

The test suite exemplifies several testing best practices including isolated test cases, proper setup procedures, and external dependency management. It maintains a focused scope while ensuring critical functionality is verified.

Clean test isolation with setup blocks
Explicit response assertions
Managed external dependencies via VCR
Authenticated context testing

maybe-finance/maybe

test/controllers/pages_controller_test.rb

            
require "test_helper"

class PagesControllerTest < ActionDispatch::IntegrationTest
  setup do
    sign_in @user = users(:family_admin)
  end

  test "dashboard" do
    get root_path
    assert_response :ok
  end

  test "changelog" do
    VCR.use_cassette("git_repository_provider/fetch_latest_release_notes") do
      get changelog_path
      assert_response :ok
    end
  end
end