When running my rails 4 rspec suite via rake everything works correctly but when attempting to run rake simplecov I get hundreds of failures all w/ a NoMethodError something like:
1) Answer Validations
Failure/Error: it { should validate_presence_of :text }
NoMethodError:
undefined method `validate_presence_of' for #<RSpec::Core::ExampleGroup::Nested_16::Nested_1:0x007faf9fb5b7c8>
# ./spec/models/answer_spec.rb:12:in `block (3 levels) in <top (required)>'
Any clues as to why this is happening? I should also mention that I'm testing using sqlite3 :memory:.
The shoulda libraries aren't being included in your simplecov run.
Is simplecov run in a different environment than :test perhaps? That may make the shoulda gem not be loaded if it's only in the :test group in your Gemfile.
How are you including simplecov in your spec_helper? Something like this?
require 'simplecov'
require 'simplecov-rcov'
SimpleCov.formatter = SimpleCov::Formatter::RcovFormatter
SimpleCov.start 'rails' if ENV['COVERAGE']
As the very first lines of your spec_helper.rb?
Something like this in your Gemfile?
group :test, :development do
...
gem 'rspec-rails', '~> 2.0'
gem 'shoulda-matchers'
end
group :test do
gem 'simplecov'
gem 'simplecov-rcov'
end
And executing it like so?
$ COVERAGE=true bundle exec rake spec
This recipe is working very well for me in many projects. The RCov formatter may not be important depending on your purposes.
Michael Hartl's wonderful Rails Tutorial is now available for Rails 3.2. He continues to outline TDD and BDD using rspec and spork as he did in version 3.0 and adds guard in 3.2. In version 3.0, Hartl includes information about autotest and I was able to get the wonderful growl notifications working. In 3.2, however, he no longer includes autotest or much growl information. Guard is working nicely with spork but there's no notifications. I've ventured out on my own the last couple hours using Hartl's 3.0 and some blog posts but trying to get autotest to work still produces a "LoadError" and a growl notification "could not run tests." Super grateful for any thoughts. I'm on OS X 10.7.3. Here's what I did:
$ gem install autotest -v 4.4.6
$ gem install autotest-rails-pure -v 4.1.2
$ gem install autotest-fsevent -v 0.2.8
$ gem install autotest-growl -v 0.2.16
Gemfile
source 'https://rubygems.org'
gem 'rails', '3.2.3'
gem 'pg', '0.12.2'
group :development, :test do
gem 'rspec-rails', '2.9.0'
gem 'guard-rspec', '0.5.5'
end
group :assets do
gem 'sass-rails','3.2.4'
gem 'coffee-rails', '3.2.2'
gem 'uglifier', '1.2.3'
end
gem 'jquery-rails', '2.0.0'
group :test do
gem 'capybara', '1.1.2'
gem 'rb-fsevent', '0.4.3.1', :require => false
gem 'growl', '1.0.3'
gem 'guard-spork', '0.3.2'
gem 'spork', '0.9.0'
end
~/.autotest
require 'autotest/growl'
require 'autotest/fsevent'
Autotest::Growl::show_modified_files = true
Autotest::Growl::one_notification_per_run = true
Autotest::Growl::clear_terminal = false
Autotest::Growl::hide_label = true
Autotest.add_hook :initialize do |autotest|
autotest.add_mapping(/^spec\/requests\/.*_spec\.rb$/) do
autotest.files_matching(/^spec\/requests\/.*_spec\.rb$/)
end
end
$ autotest
loading autotest/rails
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
/Users/[me]/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p194/bin/ruby -I.:lib:test -rubygems -e "%w[test/unit spec/requests/static_pages_spec.rb].each { |f| require f }"
/Users/[me]/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p194/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:in `require': cannot load such file -- spec_helper (LoadError)
from /Users/[me]/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p194/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:in `require'
from /Users/[me]/programing/rails/rdale_house/spec/requests/static_pages_spec.rb:1:in `<top (required)>'
from /Users/[me]/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p194/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:in `require'
from /Users/[me]/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p194/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:in `require'
from -e:1:in `block in <main>'
from -e:1:in `each'
from -e:1:in `<main>'
spec/spec_helper.rb
require 'rubygems'
require 'spork'
#uncomment the following line to use spork with the debugger
#require 'spork/ext/ruby-debug'
Spork.prefork do
# Loading more in this block will cause your tests to run faster. However,
# if you change any configuration or code from libraries loaded here, you'll
# need to restart spork for it take effect.
# This file is copied to spec/ when you run 'rails generate rspec:install'
ENV["RAILS_ENV"] ||= 'test'
require File.expand_path("../../config/environment", __FILE__)
require 'rspec/rails'
require 'rspec/autorun'
# Requires supporting ruby files with custom matchers and macros, etc,
# in spec/support/ and its subdirectories.
Dir[Rails.root.join("spec/support/**/*.rb")].each {|f| require f}
RSpec.configure do |config|
# ## Mock Framework
#
# If you prefer to use mocha, flexmock or RR, uncomment the appropriate line:
#
# config.mock_with :mocha
# config.mock_with :flexmock
# config.mock_with :rr
config.mock_with :rspec
# Remove this line if you're not using ActiveRecord or ActiveRecord fixtures
config.fixture_path = "#{::Rails.root}/spec/fixtures"
# If you're not using ActiveRecord, or you'd prefer not to run each of your
# examples within a transaction, remove the following line or assign false
# instead of true.
config.use_transactional_fixtures = true
# If true, the base class of anonymous controllers will be inferred
# automatically. This will be the default behavior in future versions of
# rspec-rails.
config.infer_base_class_for_anonymous_controllers = false
end
end
Spork.each_run do
# This code will be run each time you run your specs.
end
I ended up just adapting to Hartl's workflow using Sublime Text 2 as well, however, I did want to make sure that I could switch over to Guard with Growl notifications if I ever wanted to (no need for autotest as far as I know since I believe that's Guard's job), so this is how I did it in my personal environment set up guide. Hope it can be of some assistance to you. I'm on OSX 10.6.8, so there may be some differences you need to do on 10.7.3:
Setup Growl for RSpec test notifications (For Mac):
Growl is likely already installed on the system, but growlnotify probably is not.
Download the Growl-1.2.2.dmg file from here
Open the dmg file and go to Extras > growlnotify > growlnotify.pkg
Follow the wizard to install growlnotify
Configure app for testing (RSpec, Cucumber with Spork and Guard):
$ rails generate rspec:install
$ rails generate cucumber:install
Configure Spork (for RSpec and for Cucumber)
$ spork --bootstrap
$ spork cucumber --bootstrap
Add environment loading
$ subl spec/spec_helper.rb
Move the entire contents under the Instructions into the Spork.prefork block to enable environment loading only once, and also add:
config.mock_with :rspec
Configure Guard:
$ guard init rspec
$ guard init spork
Edit generated default file so Guard doesn’t run all tests after a failing test passes; drb flag is for Spork to run in distributed Ruby.
$ subl Guardfile
guard 'rspec', :version => 2, :all_after_pass => false, :cli => '--drb' do
Config to run test suite in distributed Ruby
$ subl .rspec
--drb
Start Guard with Spork
$ guard
...and you should get Growl notifications.
The related gems I have in my Gemfile are pretty much the same as yours.
The error says you are missing the spec_helper file. Could you try running rails generate rspec:install and the trying again?
I encountered the same issue and went to Guard's GitHub page to see their documentation. The relevant portion is here: https://github.com/guard/guard#growl
It appears that the simple solution is to include the growl gem in the development group, whereas you've only included it in the test group. I did the following to get it working:
Installed Growl Notify as explained in another answer:
Setup Growl for RSpec test notifications (For Mac): Growl is likely
already installed on the system, but growlnotify probably is not.
Download the Growl-1.2.2.dmg file from here
Open the dmg file and go to Extras > growlnotify > growlnotify.pkg
Follow the wizard to install growlnotify
Updated my Gemfile (relevant part only, the rest is matched to the Rails Tutorial):
group :development, :test do
gem 'sqlite3', '1.3.5'
gem 'rspec-rails', '2.11.0'
gem 'guard-rspec', '1.2.1'
gem 'guard-spork', '1.2.0'
gem 'childprocess', '0.3.6'
gem 'spork', '0.9.2'
gem 'growl', '1.0.3'
end
Ran in Terminal:
bundle install
Opened a new terminal window and ran:
guard
Growl started working!
We are extracting a few models into a gem so it can be shared among a couple different services and we aren't able to get rspec running in the gem. When we require the gemname in the spec_helper it errors saying:
uninitialized constant Object::ActiveRecord
Some of the file contents are below. Any ideas?
Right now the spec helper is as follows:
require 'rubygems'
require 'bundler/setup'
RSpec.configure do |config|
Bundler.require(:default,"test")
require 'tup-user' # and any other gems you need
end
Our Gemfile is:
source :rubygems
# Specify your gem's dependencies in tup-user.gemspec
gemspec
gem 'rspec-rails'
gem 'aasm'
gem 'authlogic'
gem 'rails'
The line the error is being thrown on is the first of the class:
class User < ActiveRecord::Base
(See comments to question) After getting some good advice on the ruby-talk mailing list, I now require any libraries a file needs within the file itself.
I'm trying to use mocha in my Rails 3 project but keep getting the following exception:
NoMethodError: undefined method `mock' for #<MochaTest:0x00000101f434e8>
/Users/John/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/actionpack-3.0.10/lib/action_dispatch/testing/assertions/routing.rb:175:in `method_missing'
test/functional/mocha_test.rb:7:in `block in <class:MochaTest>'
Test
I've written the simplest test possible:
require 'test_helper'
class MochaTest < ActionController::TestCase
test "test mocha" do
order = mock('order')
end
end
I run it using ruby -Itest test/functional/mocha_test.rb
I've tried rake test and it gives exactly the same exception.
test_helper.rb
ENV["RAILS_ENV"] = "test"
require File.expand_path('../../config/environment', __FILE__)
require 'rails/test_help'
class ActiveSupport::TestCase
#....
require 'test/unit'
require 'mocha'
end
GemFile
source 'http://rubygems.org'
gem 'rails', '3.0.10'
gem 'sqlite3'
gem 'devise', '1.4.5'
gem 'activemerchant'
gem 'geo_location'
gem 'nokogiri'
gem "nifty-generators", :group => :development
gem 'mocha', '0.10.0'
Things I've Tried
Installing mocha 0.9.5 after reading 0.9.5-7 had issues with this. I get an undefined method name exception instead
Changing where I require mocha - at the bottom of test_helper.rb, top of test etc.
Tried calling mock() in rails console test - I get the same exception
I'm tearing my hair out with this. Any ideas would be gratefully received.
I found the answer immediately after I'd posted this.
Here's the answer: Mocha Mock Carries To Another Test
In short, I changed
gem 'mocha', '0.10.0'
to
gem 'mocha', '0.10.0', :require => false
and it worked like a charm!
in my environments/test.rb:
config.gem "rspec"
config.gem "rspec-rails"
relevant part of my gemfile:
group :test do
...
gem "rspec", "1.3.2"
gem "rspec-rails", "1.3.2"
in test_helper.rb
require 'test_help'
require "bundler/setup"
Bundler.require(:test)
require 'factory_girl'
require 'shoulda'
require "shoulda-matchers"
require 'spec'
require 'spec/matchers'
I recently moved all my gems to a gemfile, instead of having everything in config.gem's
in my env/test.rb file, I have to use the two config.gem's or my tests don't run at all.
I've read that including spec_helper will help.... but my tests aren't in the spec folder... they are in the test folder... when I include spec/spec_helper.rb, all of my tests get WARNING: already defined.
EDIT: I found this link: https://github.com/rspec/rspec-rails/issues/93
which told me to do
include RSpec::Matchers
and I got a differente error with this one:
/Users/lprestonsegoiii/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.8.7-p352/lib/ruby/1.8/optparse.rb:314:in `initialize': unhandled exception
EDIT2:
I've discovered through using IRB, that the minimum to use the matchers are:
require "spec/spec_helper"
include RSpec::Matchers
But I still have the duplicate definition issue. hmm.