Some sample test setup files

blueprints.rb

require 'machinist/active_record'
require 'sham'
require 'faker'

Sham.define do
  title { Faker::Lorem.words(2).join(' ') }
  permalink { Faker::Lorem.words(2).join('-') }
  status(:unique => false) do
    case(rand(3))
    when 0:
      'draft'
    when 1:
      'published'
    when 2:
      'archived'
    end
  end
  description { Faker::Lorem.words(12).join(' ') }
  keywords { Faker::Lorem.words(8).join(',') }
  copy { Faker::Lorem.words(1024).join(' ') }
  path { Faker::Lorem.words(2).join('/') }
  link { Faker::Internet.domain_name }
  integer { rand(100) }

  login { Faker::Name.first_name.underscore }
  first_name { Faker::Name.first_name }
  last_name { Faker::Name.last_name }
  email { Faker::Internet.email }
  password { (0..6).inject('') { |t, c| t += (rand(?z - ?a) + ?a).floor.chr } }
end

gems

gem install shoulda
gem intstall mocha
gem install faker
gem install machinist

(All on gemcutter)

menu_item_test.rb

require 'test_helper'

class MenuItemTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
  context '' do
    setup do
      @menu_item = MenuItem.make
      I18n.locale = 'en'
    end
    subject { @menu_item }

    should_validate_presence_of :title
    should_validate_presence_of :permalink
    should_validate_uniqueness_of :permalink
    should_belong_to :subject

    context 'locale' do
      setup do
        @it_menu_item = MenuItem.make(:locale => 'it')
        @cn_menu_item = MenuItem.make(:locale => 'cn')
      end

      should "set the locale to the default if it isn't already set" do
        @menu_item = MenuItem.make(:locale => nil)
        @menu_item.valid?
        assert_equal 'en', @menu_item.locale
      end

      context 'localized' do
        should 'return all the menu items in the supplied locale' do
          assert_equal [ @menu_item ], MenuItem.localized('en')
          assert_equal [ @it_menu_item ], MenuItem.localized('it')
          assert_equal [ @cn_menu_item ], MenuItem.localized('cn')
        end

      end

      context 'localized_root' do
        should 'return to root of the locale' do
          assert_equal @menu_item, MenuItem.localized_root('en')
          assert_equal @it_menu_item, MenuItem.localized_root('it')
          assert_equal @cn_menu_item, MenuItem.localized_root('cn')
        end
      end
    end
  end
end

test_helper.rb

require 'redgreen'
require 'test/unit'
ENV["RAILS_ENV"] = "test"
require File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + "/../config/environment")
require 'test_help'
require 'blueprints'
require 'mocha'


class ActiveSupport::TestCase
	# Add more helper methods to be used by all tests here...
end