Feature: render views You can tell a controller example group to render views with the render_views declaration. Scenario: expect template that exists and is rendered by controller (passes) Given a file named "spec/controllers/widgets_controller_spec.rb" with: """ require "spec_helper" describe WidgetsController do render_views describe "index" do it "renders the index template" do get :index response.should contain("Listing widgets") end it "renders the widgets/index template" do get :index response.should contain("Listing widgets") end end end """ When I run "rspec spec" Then the output should contain "2 examples, 0 failures" Scenario: expect template that does not exist and is rendered by controller (fails) Given a file named "spec/controllers/widgets_controller_spec.rb" with: """ require "spec_helper" describe WidgetsController do render_views before do def controller.index render :template => "other" end end describe "index" do it "renders the other template" do get :index end end end """ When I run "rspec spec" Then the output should contain "1 example, 1 failure" And the output should contain "Missing template" Scenario: render_views on and off in diff contexts Given a file named "spec/controllers/widgets_controller_spec.rb" with: """ require "spec_helper" describe WidgetsController do context "with render_views" do render_views describe "index" do it "renders the actual template" do get :index response.body.should =~ /Listing widgets/m end end end context "without render_views" do describe "index" do it "renders the RSpec generated template" do get :index response.body.should == "" end end end context "with render_views again" do render_views describe "index" do it "renders the actual template" do get :index response.body.should =~ /Listing widgets/m end end end context "without render_views again" do describe "index" do it "renders the RSpec generated template" do get :index response.body.should == "" end end end end """ When I run "rspec spec" Then the output should contain "4 examples, 0 failures"