+2 new migrations in apps.dashboard; added new Item() model to dashboard.models; added ItemModelTest() to .tests; cleaned up deadspace in functional_tests

apps/dashboard/tests.py

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from django.test import TestCase
+from .models import Item
 
 class HomePageTest(TestCase):
     def test_uses_home_template(self):
@@ -13,4 +14,22 @@ class HomePageTest(TestCase):
     def test_can_save_a_POST_request(self):
         response = self.client.post('/', data={'item-text': 'A new dashboard item'})
         self.assertContains(response, 'A new dashboard item')
-        self.assertTemplateUsed(response, 'apps/dashboard/home.html')
+        self.assertTemplateUsed(response, 'apps/dashboard/home.html')
+
+class ItemModelTest(TestCase):
+    def test_saving_and_retrieving_items(self):
+        first_item = Item()
+        first_item.text = "The first (ever) dashboard item"
+        first_item.save()
+
+        second_item = Item()
+        second_item.text = "A sequel somehow better than the first"
+        second_item.save()
+
+        saved_items = Item.objects.all()
+        self.assertEqual(saved_items.count(), 2)
+
+        first_saved_item = saved_items[0]
+        second_saved_item = saved_items[1]
+        self.assertEqual(first_saved_item.text, "The first (ever) dashboard item")
+        self.assertEqual(second_saved_item.text, "A sequel somehow better than the first")