Replacing RSpec controller specs, part 1: Request specs | Everyday Rails

Replacing RSpec controller specs, part 1: Request specs Action Cable may be the new Rails 5 feature that got the most attention, but what caught my eye from this release was a big change to controller-level testing. While controller tests themselves haven’t been removed in Rails 5, a couple of commonly-used helpers, assigns and assert_template, have been deprecated. These helpers lead to brittle t