--- /dev/null
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use FindBin qw/$Bin/;
+use lib "$Bin/lib";
+use Catalyst::Helper;
+use MyTestHelper;
+
+use Test::More tests => 1;
+
+my $helper = bless {}, 'MyTestHelper';
+
+package MyTestHelper;
+use Test::More;
+use File::Temp qw/tempfile/;
+
+my ($fh, $fn) = tempfile;
+close $fh;
+
+ok( $helper->render_file_contents('example1', $fn, { test_var => 'test_val' }), "file contents rendered" );
--- /dev/null
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use FindBin qw/$Bin/;
+use lib "$Bin/lib";
+use Catalyst::Helper;
+use MyTestHelper;
+
+use Test::More tests => 1;
+
+my $helper = bless {}, 'MyTestHelper';
+
+package MyTestHelper;
+use FindBin qw/$Bin/;
+use Test::More;
+use File::Temp qw/tempfile/;
+
+my ($fh, $fn) = tempfile;
+close $fh;
+
+ok( $helper->render_sharedir_file('script/myapp_cgi.pl.tt', { appprefix => 'fnargh' }), "sharedir file rendered" );