--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/models/project.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+class Project < ActiveRecord::Base
+  belongs_to :user
+  
+  validates_presence_of :name
+end

--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/fixtures/projects.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# Read about fixtures at http://ar.rubyonrails.org/classes/Fixtures.html
+one:
+  id: 1
+  name: MyString
+  description: MyText
+  user_id: 1
+  created_at: 2007-08-19 16:56:36
+  updated_at: 2007-08-19 16:56:36
+two:
+  id: 2
+  name: MyString
+  description: MyText
+  user_id: 1
+  created_at: 2007-08-19 16:56:36
+  updated_at: 2007-08-19 16:56:36

--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/models/project_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../spec_helper'
+
+describe Project do
+  before(:each) do
+    @project = Project.new(:name => "foo project")
+  end
+
+  it "should have valid associations" do
+    @project.should have_valid_associations
+  end
+  
+  it "should have a name to be valid" do
+    project = Project.new
+    project.should_not be_valid
+    project.name = "foo"
+    project.should be_valid
+  end
+end

--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/spec_dsl.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+module KeyserSource
+  module SpecDSL
+    # original code by caboose court3nay (?)
+    class HaveValidAssociations
+      def matches?(model)
+        @failed_association = nil
+        @model_class = model.class
+
+        model.class.reflect_on_all_associations.each do |assoc|
+          model.send(assoc.name, true) rescue @failed_association = assoc.name
+        end
+        !@failed_association
+      end
+
+      def failure_message
+        "invalid association \"#{@failed_association}\" on #{@model_class}"
+      end
+    end
+
+    def have_valid_associations
+      HaveValidAssociations.new
+    end
+  end
+end
\ No newline at end of file