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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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Set Rspec default GET request format to JSON

I am doing functional tests for my controllers with Rspec. I have set my default response format in my router to JSON, so every request without a suffix will return JSON. Now in rspec, i get an error (406) when i try get :index I need to do get…
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Does rspec have anything more specific than target.should be < 6?

http://cheat.errtheblog.com/s/rspec/ has for inequalities (such as less than or greater than) target.should be < 6 Has anything better been created since the cheat sheet was created?
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How to use RSpec without Rails?

What is the process for doing TDD in Ruby with RSpec without Rails? Do I need a Gemfile? Does it only need rspec in it? Ruby 1.9.3
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Rspec stubbing method for only specific arguments

Is there a way to stub method for only specific arguments. Something like this boss.stub(:fire!).with(employee1).and_return(true) If any other employee is passed to boss.fire! method, I'll get boss received unexpected message error, but what I…
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How to test rendering a partial with RSpec

I want to test rendering a particular partial according to some conditions. For example, in model show action view show.html.erb I have: <% if condition1 %> <%= render :partial => "partial1" %> <% else %> <%= render :partial => "partial1" %> <%…
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How to force an RSpec test to fail?

What's the proper way to force an RSpec test to fail? I'm considering 1.should == 2 however there's probably something better.
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Selenium::WebDriver::Error::JavascriptError: waiting for evaluate.js load failed Firefox 23

Today running my rspec tests, I get the following error whenever somewhere in a test theres a `page.execute_script' call. Selenium::WebDriver::Error::JavascriptError: waiting for evaluate.js load failed # [remote server]…
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Is there a way to unstub in RSpec?

Searched the Relish docs, but did not find a way to unstub in RSpec. Is this possible?
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Suppress console output during RSpec tests

I am testing the class which put on the console some messages (with puts, p warnings and etc.). I am just wondering if there is any ability to suppress this output during RSpec tests ?
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In RSpec, is there a method equivalent to "unstub" but for "should_receive"?

Is there any method to remove any stubbing and mocking while using RSpec? Example: RestClient.should_receive(:delete).with("http://www.example.com") ... ... # this will remove the mocking of "should_receive" and # restore the proper "delete"…
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Controller Specs vs Request Specs?

I'm working on a rails API and I'm now planning on writing some RSpec tests for the controllers. I've been reading around and I haven't been able to figure out what the actual difference between controller specs and request specs are and which one…
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Testing STDOUT output in Rspec

I am trying to build a spec for this statement. It is easy with 'puts' print "'#{@file}' doesn't exist: Create Empty File (y/n)?"
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Correct way of testing "associations" with Rspec?

I am trying to test the following scenario: -> I have a model called Team which it just makes sense when it has been created by a User. Therefore, each Team instance has to be related to a User. In order to test that, I have done the…
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Minitest and Rspec

I have just watched a Railscast for Minitest. What are the pros and cons for using RSpec vs Minitest for testing a rails app? Which features will I lose converting from RSpec to Minitest?
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How to include Rails Helpers on RSpec

I'm trying to include some helpers to test with rspec but no luck. What I did: created a support/helpers.rb file under my spec folder. support/helpers.rb module Helpers include ActionView::Helpers::NumberHelper include…
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