Shoulda and explicit subject

Testing RSpec
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I am trying to use Shoulda matchers with the latest beta version of
RSpec for Rails 3. I’ve managed to track down the cause of my errors
to needing to explicitly set the subject, but the Shoulda examples
make no mention of requiring this step. I’ve pastied the errors I’m
receiving and adding subject { controller } seems to resolve them. Is
this behavior expected?

http://pastie.org/1020788

Thanks

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On Jun 30, 2010, at 12:00 PM, ericindc wrote:

I am trying to use Shoulda matchers with the latest beta version of
RSpec for Rails 3. I’ve managed to track down the cause of my errors
to needing to explicitly set the subject, but the Shoulda examples
make no mention of requiring this step. I’ve pastied the errors I’m
receiving and adding subject { controller } seems to resolve them. Is
this behavior expected?

http://pastie.org/1020788

Have you tried pinging the shoulda maintainers?

3

I have a thread open on their group page as well, but the only
response received thus far seems to think it’s an RSpec issue. I am
having the same issue in my model tests as well.

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On Jul 1, 2010, at 8:40 PM, ericindc wrote:

http://pastie.org/1020788

Have you tried pinging the shoulda maintainers?

I have a thread open on their group page as well, but the only
response received thus far seems to think it’s an RSpec issue.

Link?

I am having the same issue in my model tests as well.

ps - please bottom and/or inline post. Read
Top Posting and Bottom Posting for more info.

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http://groups.google.com/group/shoulda/browse_thread/thread/9a19ca5f60285e2d

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On Jul 1, 2010, at 9:01 PM, ericindc wrote:

this behavior expected?
I am having the same issue in my model tests as well.

ps - please bottom and/or inline post. Readhttp://idallen.com/topposting.htmlfor more info.

http://groups.google.com/group/shoulda/browse_thread/thread/9a19ca5f60285e2d

Can you show me the version of your code (with the subject workaround)
that works?

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Here is the full controller spec that is passing…removing the
subject line fails all bu the render_template.

require ‘spec_helper’

describe HomepageController do

describe “routes” do
it { should route(:get, “/”).to(:action => :index) }
end

describe “on GET to :index” do
before(:each) do
get :index
end

subject { controller }

it { should respond_with(:success) }
it { should render_template(:index) }
it { should_not set_the_flash }

end

end

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On Jul 1, 2010, at 9:35 PM, ericindc wrote:

On Jul 1, 2010, at 8:40 PM, ericindc wrote:

http://pastie.org/1020788
ps - please bottom and/or inline post. Readhttp://idallen.com/topposting.htmlformore info.
http://groups.google.com/group/shoulda/browse_thread/thread/9a19ca5f6…

Can you show me the version of your code (with the subject workaround) that works?

it { should_not set_the_flash }
end

end

It’s a shoulda issue, which I’ve raised (including a patch) in the
shoulda tracker: controller matchers don't work with rspec-2/rails-3 · Issue #112 · thoughtbot/shoulda · GitHub

Please feel free to follow and comment on that issue.

Cheers,
David

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On Jul 1, 2010, at 10:32 PM, ericindc wrote:

RSpec for Rails 3. I’ve managed to track down the cause of my errors
response received thus far seems to think it’s an RSpec issue.
subject line fails all bu the render_template.
before(:each) do
end

It’s a shoulda issue, which I’ve raised (including a patch) in the shoulda tracker:controller matchers don't work with rspec-2/rails-3 · Issue #112 · thoughtbot/shoulda · GitHub

Please feel free to follow and comment on that issue.

Will do, thanks!

And please, please, please stop top-posting!

http://idallen.com/topposting.html

Cheers,
David

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Will do, thanks!