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Testing the ApplicationController in Rails

Not sure why this test case isn't generated right away, but here it is:

Hello,

I agree that this should be generated automatically. I’ve got the above, but my test is giving me a method_missing for the method I want to test . . . Like it doesn’t see ApplicationController at all, although it does not compain at the require line, so it is getting it. Any ideas?

You have to test a bit differently, since the app controller is really just a base class that your other controllers extend. Try calling your test class like this:

def test_something
assert @controller.some_method, "error message here..."
end