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RSpec is a behavior-driven development (BDD) framework for the Ruby programming language, inspired by JBehave. It contains its own fully integrated mocking framework based upon JMock. The framework can be considered a domain-specific language (DSL) and resembles a natural language specification.

RSpec is a behaviour-driven development (BDD) tool for Ruby programmers. BDD is an approach to software development that combines test-driven development (TDD), domain-driven design (DDD), and acceptance test-driven planning (ATDP). RSpec helps you do the TDD part of that equation, focusing on the documentation and design aspects of TDD.

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RSpec: What is the difference between let and a before block?

What is difference between let and a before block in RSpec? And when to use each? What will be good approach (let or before) in below example? let(:user) { User.make !} let(:account) {user.account.make!} before(:each) do @user = User.make! …
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How do I prepare test database(s) for Rails rspec tests without running rake spec?

After significant troubleshooting, I figured out that I needed to run rake spec once (I can abort with control-c) before I can run rspec directly (e.g. on a subset of our specs). We are running Rails 3.0.7 and RSpec 2.5.0. Clearly, rake is running…
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Speeding up RSpec tests in a large Rails application

I have a Rails application with over 2,000 examples in my RSpec tests. Needless to say, it's a large application and there's a lot to be tested. Running these tests at this point is very inefficient and because it takes so long, we're almost at the…
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Difference between an it block and a specify block in RSpec

What is the difference between an it block and a specify block in RSpec? subject { MovieList.add_new(10) } specify { subject.should have(10).items } it { subject.track_number.should == 10} They seem to do the same job. Just checking to be sure.
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undefined method `visit' when using RSpec and Capybara in rails

I can't get capybara working with rspec. It gives me this error: undefined method `visit' for # I know there are lots of posts about this but non of the solutions are working for me. Most…
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How to assert number of elements using Capybara with proper error message?

I know that in Capybara, you can do something like this: page.should have_css("ol li", :count => 2) However, assuming that page has for instance only one matching element, the error is not very descriptive: 1) initial page load shows greetings …
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Capybara: How do I fill in a input field by its ID

I have this:
How do I fill in a that field by…
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Generate a controller with all the RESTful functions

I am trying to generate a controller with all the RESTful actions stubbed. I had read at Wikibooks - Ruby on Rails that all I needed to do was to call the generator with the controller name and I would get just that. So, I ran script/generate…
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Rspec 3 how to test flash messages

I want to test controller's action and flash messages presence with rspec. action: def create user = Users::User.find_by_email(params[:email]) if user user.send_reset_password_instructions flash[:success] = "Reset password instructions…
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rails rspec before all vs before each

contest_entry_spec.rb require 'spec_helper' describe ContestEntry do before(:all) do @admission=Factory(:project_admission) @project=Factory(:project_started, :project_type => @admission.project_type) …
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capybara assert attributes of an element

I'm using RSpec2 and Capybara for acceptance testing. I would like to assert that link is disabled or not in Capybara. How can I do this?
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How to test ActionMailer deliver_later with rspec

trying to upgrade to Rails 4.2, using delayed_job_active_record. I've not set the delayed_job backend for test environment as thought that way jobs would execute straight away. I'm trying to test the new 'deliver_later' method with RSpec, but I'm…
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Stubbing authentication in request spec

When writing a request spec, how do you set sessions and/or stub controller methods? I'm trying to stub out authentication in my integration tests - rspec/requests Here's an example of a test require File.dirname(__FILE__) +…
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How to create a Gemfile?

I'm very new to Ruby. I was following a blog post that says that in order to install a required dependencies I need to create a Gemfile. How do I create a Gemfile with rspec as a dependency?
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Ruby Rspec : Testing instance variables without adding an accessor to source

I'm trying to test the following method: def unprocess_move(board, move) if move[0].instance_of?(Array) multi_move = @multi_move.pop(2).reverse multi_move.each do |single_move| unapply_move(board, single_move) end else …
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