Initial attempt at tests

app/models/alert.rb

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class Alert < ActiveRecord::Base
   }
 
   def alerted?
-    @alerted
+    self.alerted
   end
 
   def course_name

test/fixtures/alerts.yml

@@ -2,12 +2,22 @@
 
 one:
   user_id: 1
-  department: MyString
+  department: CSE
-  course: MyString
+  course: 101
   alerted: false
+  semester: US13
 
 two:
   user_id: 1
-  department: MyString
+  department: IAH
-  course: MyString
+  course: 241A
+  alerted: true
+  semester: FS13
+
+three:
+  user_id: 2
+  department: TES
+  course: 312
   alerted: false
+  semester: SS14
+

test/fixtures/users.yml

@@ -1,11 +1,7 @@
 # Read about fixtures at http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActiveRecord/Fixtures.html
+one:
+  id: 1
+
+two: 
+  id: 2
 
-# This model initially had no columns defined.  If you add columns to the
-# model remove the '{}' from the fixture names and add the columns immediately
-# below each fixture, per the syntax in the comments below
-#
-one: {}
-# column: value
-#
-two: {}
-#  column: value

test/unit/alert_test.rb

@@ -1,7 +1,32 @@
 require 'test_helper'
 
 class AlertTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
-  # test "the truth" do
+  def setup
-  #   assert true
+    @alert_one = alerts(:one)
-  # end
+    @alert_two = alerts(:two)
+    @alert_three = alerts(:three)
+
+    @user_one = users(:one)
+  end
+
+  test "creating a new alert creates an alert" do
+    assert_kind_of Alert, Alert.new
+  end
+
+  test "should return false if has not been alerted" do
+    assert !@alert_one.alerted?
+  end
+
+  test "should return true if has been alerted" do
+    assert @alert_two.alerted?
+  end
+
+  test "should return alerts for user when asked" do
+    assert !Alert.user_alerts(@user_one).empty?
+  end
+
+  #test "should only return alerts for correct user when asked" do
+    # again, should test with actual user
+    #assert Alert.user_alerts(@user_one).all? { |a| a == @user_one }
+  #end
 end