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warrant a full blog post. These are mostly things I learn by pairing with
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smart people at [Hashrocket](http://hashrocket.com/).
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_516 TILs and counting..._
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_517 TILs and counting..._
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- [Are They All True?](ruby/are-they-all-true.md)
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- [Assoc For Hashes](ruby/assoc-for-hashes.md)
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- [Block Comments](ruby/block-comments.md)
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- [Chaining Multiple RSpec Change Matchers](ruby/chaining-multiple-rspec-change-matchers.md)
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- [Colorful Output With MiniTest](ruby/colorful-output-with-minitest.md)
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- [Comparing Class Hierarchy Relationships](ruby/comparing-class-hierarchy-relationships.md)
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- [Comparing Arrays In RSpec](ruby/comparing-arrays-in-rspec.md)
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# Chaining Multiple RSpec Change Matchers
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It can be handy to use RSpec's `change` matchers to determine if some method
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or process creates a new record.
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```ruby
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expect{ Registration.create(attrs) }.to change{ User.count }.by(1)
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```
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But what if we are testing a method that creates a couple different records
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in the system?
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RSpec allows us to chain together `change` matchers with `and`. Consider
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this additional contrived example.
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```ruby
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expect {
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Project.generate(attrs)
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}.to change{ Project.count }.by(1).and \
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change{ User.count }.by(1)
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```
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In addition to keeping our tests tight and concise, this approach gives
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some pretty nice output on failure.
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If we were just beginning our implementation with a failing test, we'd see a
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multi-part failure like the following.
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```ruby
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Failure/Error:
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expect {
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Project.generate(attrs)
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}.to change{ Project.count }.by(1).and \
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change{ User.count }.by(1)
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expected result to have changed by 1, but was changed by 0
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...and:
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expected result to have changed by 1, but was changed by 0
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```
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