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title: SHOULDA BEEN GONE
teaser:
tags: web,open source,shoulda
author: Gabe Berke-Williams
published_on: 2012-05-12
---

We haven't been taking pull requests on
[shoulda-matchers](https://github.com/thoughtbot/shoulda-matchers) as much as we
shoulda, but it's back in the spotlight now. Shoulda's been gone ... but it's
back.

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Here are the new features in shoulda-matchers 1.1.0:

* A [NEWS file](https://github.com/thoughtbot/shoulda-matchers/blob/master/NEWS.md)so you can track new hottness in REAL TIME
* shoulda-matchers' very first dependency: ActiveSupport >= 3.0.0. This was an implicit dependency for a while, but now it's official.
* An `only_integer` option for `validates_numericality_of`
* A `query_the_database` matcher, so that you can do `it { should query_the_database(4.times).or_less }`
* Database column primality is correctly checked
* The flash matcher can check specific keys using `[]`, like so: `it { should set_the_flash[:alert].to("Bad username") }`
* A `validates_confirmation_of` matcher: `it { should validate_confirmation_of(:password) }`
* A `serialize` matcher: `it { should serialize(:details).as(Hash).as_instance_of(Hash) }`
* A `have_sent_email` matcher can now check `reply_to: it { should have_sent_email.reply_to([user, other]) }`
* An `accept_nested_attributes` matcher

If you filed a pull request and we didn't take a look, please re-submit or ping me on Github. We'd love to [hear from you](https://github.com/thoughtbot/shoulda-matchers).