RSS Validation matcher for RSpec/Rails

Testing RSpec
1

As I posted to rails-talk yesterday, I whipped up an Rspec matcher
using the feedvalidator gem, which lets you write

response.should be_valid_feed

in view specs or controller specs which integrate_views

I wrote about it this AM.

http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/articles/2008/02/08/validating-rss-feeds-with-rspec

–
Rick DeNatale

My blog on Ruby
http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/

2

I hate to do this because it seems almost sadistic, but I encountered
some borkage in the feed in my Safari (3).

On 2/8/08, Rick DeNatale [email protected] wrote:

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Giles B.

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3

Not sure what you’re talking about.

  1. My blog is just standard typo, so the code I’m talking about isn’t
    involved.

  2. The feed on my blog, does indeed validate. Now if Safari has a
    problem formating it, it’s not a validation problem.

On 2/8/08, Giles B. [email protected] wrote:

http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/
Podcast: http://hollywoodgrit.blogspot.com
Blog: http://gilesbowkett.blogspot.com
Portfolio: http://www.gilesgoatboy.org
Tumblelog: http://giles.tumblr.com

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Rick DeNatale

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4

Validation doesn’t mean it’s formatted to be readable though, does it?

Nathan S.
[email protected]
rspec 1.1.3
rspec_on_rails 1.1.3
rails 2.0.2

5

On 2/8/08, Nathan S. [email protected] wrote:

Validation doesn’t mean it’s formatted to be readable though, does it?

Correct.

And by the way I just looked at my blog’s feed on Safari (3.0.4 on OSX
10.4.11) on my system and it looks just fine.

I suspect that the Giles’ problem might actually lie in Safari/Leopard

–
Rick DeNatale

My blog on Ruby
http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/

6

Sorry, just kidding. Humorous irony, no serious intent.

On 2/8/08, Rick DeNatale [email protected] wrote:

I wrote about it this AM.
[email protected]
Tumblelog: http://giles.tumblr.com
My blog on Ruby
http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/

rspec-users mailing list
[email protected]
http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users

–
Giles B.

Podcast: http://hollywoodgrit.blogspot.com
Blog: http://gilesbowkett.blogspot.com
Portfolio: http://www.gilesgoatboy.org
Tumblelog: http://giles.tumblr.com

7

My Safari’s 3.0.4 too, OS X 10.5. Weird that it would be the OS but I
guess that’s the case.

On 2/8/08, Rick DeNatale [email protected] wrote:

–
Rick DeNatale

My blog on Ruby
http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/

rspec-users mailing list
[email protected]
http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users

–
Giles B.

Podcast: http://hollywoodgrit.blogspot.com
Blog: http://gilesbowkett.blogspot.com
Portfolio: http://www.gilesgoatboy.org
Tumblelog: http://giles.tumblr.com