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Controller specs live in `spec/controllers` or any example group with
`:type => :controller`.

A controller spec is an RSpec wrapper for a Rails functional test
([ActionController::TestCase::Behavior](https://github.com/rails/rails/blob/master/actionpack/lib/action_controller/test_case.rb)).
It allows you to simulate a single http request in each example, and then
specify expected outcomes such as:

* rendered templates
* redirects
* instance variables assigned in the controller to be shared with the view
* cookies sent back with the response

To specify outcomes, you can use:
    
* standard rspec matchers (`response.code.should eq(200)`)
* standard test/unit assertions (`assert_equal 200, response.code`)
* rails assertions (`assert_response 200`)
* rails-specific matchers:
  * `response.should render_template (wraps assert_template)`
  * `response.should redirect_to (wraps assert_redirected_to)`
  * `assigns(:widget).should be_a_new(Widget)`
    
## Conventions:

### Controller

* pass the controller being specified to the outermost `describe` method.

      describe AccountController do
        # ...

### Views

* by default, views are not rendered. See
  [views are stubbed by default](controller-specs/views-are-stubbed-by-default) and
  [render_views](controller-specs/render-views) for details.

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