## the test
def test_should_assign_dashboard_items
		login_as :aaron
		get :index
		assert_response :success
		assert_not_nil assigns(:post), "Did not assign a news posting"
		assert_not_nil assigns(:shifts), "Did not assign shifts for the calendar."
		id = Post.find(:first, :order => "created_at DESC", :limit => 1).id
		assert_select "div#post-#{id}", true,  "div#post-#{id} should be assigned."
		assert_select "div#calendar", true, "div#calendar should be assigned."
	end

## the error
fails inside the partial that renders the post on post.user.name
ActionView::TemplateError: You have a nil object when you didn't expect it!
The error occurred while evaluating nil.name
    On line #3 of shared/_post.html.erb

    1: <div id="post-<%= post.id %>">
    2: 	<h2><%= post.title %></h2>
    3: 	<p><strong>Posted on: <%= post.posted_on %></strong> by <strong><%= post.user.name %></strong>
    4: 	<% if current_user.is_admin? %>
    5: 	<strong>[ <%= link_to 'Edit', edit_admin_post_path(post) %> <%= link_to 'Delete', {:controller => 'admin/posts', :action => 'destroy', :id => post.id}, :confirm => 'Are you sure?', :method => :delete %> ]</strong>
    6: 	<% end %>


## posts.yml
one:
  id: 1
  title: MyString
  content: MyText
  user: brandon

two:
  id: 2
  title: MyString
  content: MyText
  user: brandon

## users.yml
brandon:
  id: 4
  login: brandon
  email: fake@fake.com
  salt:                      da4b9237bacccdf19c0760cab7aec4a8359010b0 # SHA1('1')
  crypted_password:          7006b28985f1682bf1a75b0ce4871eea60d39627 # 'monkey'
  first_name: brandon
  last_name: george