Applying the idea of factory sequences, we can make 30 users in our test, which (as we will see) will be sufficient to invoke pagination:

Note here the use of before(:all), which ensures that the sample users are created once, before all the tests in the block. This is an optimization for speed, as creating 30 users can be slow on some systems. We use the complementary method after(:all) to delete the users once we’re done.

       The tests for the appearance of the pagination div and the right users appears in Listing 9.33. Note the replacement of the User.all array from Listing 9.23 with User.paginate(page: 1), which (as we’ll see momentarily) is how to pull out the first page of users from the database. Note also that Listing 9.33 uses before(:each) to emphasize the contrast with before(:all).