I think I answered my own question -- I just noticed that there are some unit tests for the Message model in the community_engine unit tests directory (maybe the generator that came with the plugin created these?). In any case these get run along with the other community_engine tests.
I'll commit this stuff and send a pull request soon. On Jun 27, 6:51 pm, eksatx <[email protected]> wrote: > This uses a plugin called simple_private_messages. Here is the url > where it is maintained: > > http://github.com/professionalnerd/simple-private-messages > > I have completed the TODOs I referenced in my previous message. > > The plugin only supports messages with single recipients, so I added > the multi-recipient support by adding logic to the controller. The > "right" way to do it (IMHO) would be to patch the plugin to support > multiple recipients in the model, but doing it in the controller was > fast 'n' easy and it works quite well so I think it is ok. > > I wrote functional tests because the plugin comes with unit tests. I > need some help here as I am unfamiliar with how to run tests in a > plugin that is embedded inside the community_engine plugin. > > Do those tests get run automatically when I run the community_engine > tests? What do I have to do? > > Once I know the answer I can commit my changes and send a pull request > to Bruno. > > Help! > > On Jun 25, 8:06 am, Levi Rosol <[email protected]> wrote: > > > sounds like some pretty sweet functionality. I know i'll put it to use in my > > app. > > > Are you using an existing gem for this or are you building it from scratch? > > > -- > > Levi Rosol > > Twitter: @LeviRosol > > > On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 4:23 PM, eksatx <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I am in the process of fleshing out this functionality as it is so > > > close to being done already. > > > > Here is what I have done so far: > > > > 1. Add "You have mail" widget to the header for users that have unread > > > messages. > > > 2. Add link to Inbox to pull-down menu > > > 3. Add link to "Send me a message" to user profile pages > > > 4. Add link to Inbox to user dashboard page > > > > Here is what I have yet to do: > > > > 1. Add ability to send a message to multiple recipients. > > > 2. Write tests (I think I just need to write some functional tests as > > > the plugin appears to include some unit tests). > > > > Before I go too much further, a few questions: > > > > 1. Has somebody already done this (don't want to duplicate work)? > > > 2. Does anybody have any questions / suggestions about what I listed > > > above? > > > 3. Are there any suggestions for additional functionality? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CommunityEngine" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/communityengine?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
