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.rspec

--colour
-I app

active_record_spec_helper.rb

require 'active_record'
require 'database_cleaner'

connection_info = YAML.load(File.open("config/database.yml"))["test"]
ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection(connection_info)

RSpec.configure do |config|
  config.before(:suite) do
    DatabaseCleaner.strategy = :transaction
    DatabaseCleaner.clean_with(:truncation)
  end
  config.before(:each) do
    DatabaseCleaner.start
  end
  config.after(:each) do
    DatabaseCleaner.clean
  end
end

coderetreat.rb

class Coderetreat < ActiveRecord::Base
  def self.running_today
    where(scheduled_on: Date.today)
  end
end

coderetreat_spec.rb

require 'active_record_spec_helper'
require 'models/coderetreat'

describe Coderetreat do
  describe ".running_today" do
    it "returns a coderetreat scheduled for today" do
      coderetreat = Coderetreat.create! city: "Chicago", scheduled_on: Date.today
      Coderetreat.running_today.all.should =~ [coderetreat]
    end

    it "does not return a coderetreat not scheduled for today" do
      coderetreat = Coderetreat.create! city: "Chicago", scheduled_on: Date.today.advance(:days => -1)
      Coderetreat.running_today.should be_empty
    end
  end
end