- raise an error when updated w/ wrong attributes
- raise error when no attributes are updated
- ask the frameworks to verify their own mock expectations
- use a symbol for the model instead of :params
describe ThingsController do describe "POST create" do it "creates a new post" do stubbing(Thing, :thing => {'these' => 'params'}) do post :create, :thing => {'these' => 'params'} end end end end