Plugin Test
===========

A generator for testing database-powered plugins. Based on work by Scott Barron in the acts_as_state_machine plugin.

http://lunchroom.lunchboxsoftware.com/articles/2006/01/21/acts-as-state-machine

== Usage

Apply it to an existing Rails plugin.

  ./script/generate plugin_test ar_fixtures

Require the test helper by adding this to your test file:

  require File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + "/test_helper")

Edit schema.rb with a migration to build your tables.

Now you can use fixtures and database models as they are used in a regular Rails unit test. SQLite3 is set as the default but other databases can be specified in the test_helper.rb.

See an example in the tests for my AR Fixtures plugin:

  http://topfunky.net/svn/plugins/ar_fixtures/

== Author

Most of the original code was by Scott Barron.

Converted to a plugin by Geoffrey Grosenbach. http://nubyonrails.com