I am using Ruby on Rails 3.2.2, Rspec 2.9.0 and RspecRails 2.9.0. I would like to test the `create` controller action but I don't know how to make that the "right"/"proper" way. I "scaffolded" model, controller, view, ... files, so in those files I have the common code generated by Ruby on Rails generators; in my spec file I have:

```
it "assigns @article" do
  new_article = FactoryGirl.build(:article)
  Article.should_receive(:new).and_return(new_article)
  post :create
  assigns[:article].should eq(new_article)
end

```

Maybe, (*note*: the above code is almost the same as that I use to test the `new` controller action) *a better way to test `create` controller actions would be to pass some attribute value during the `post :create` action instead of proceed as I make above*, but I don't know how to make that and if it is the "right"/"proper" way to make things.

So, **what is the proper way to test 'create' controller actions?**