On Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 10:33 PM, Ben Emson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi All > > I've just started experimenting with Cucumber and its great. > However I wasn't quite sure how I should integrate it into my Rails > application. >
Have you read this? http://github.com/aslakhellesoy/cucumber/wikis/ruby-on-rails Aslak > What I would like to do is set my Rails app up so that I can run a > Cucumber rake task using the standard Rails Rake system. > > I've looked through the example source and understand how the Calculator > demo Rake file works, but I'm not sure I've set it up correctly in my > Rails app. > > This is what I've done. > > Created a new file: > my_app/lib/tasks/cucumber.rake > > I experimented trying to use the following Cucumber rake task but could > not get my steps to load my model code as I was hoping that I could tell > Cucumber what my Rails lib files were: > > Cucumber::Rake::Task.new do |t| > t.libs = ["#{RAILS_ROOT}/config/environment"] # This doesn't seem to > work > Dir.chdir("#{RAILS_ROOT}/stories/") > profile = ENV['PROFILE'] || 'default' > t.cucumber_opts = "--profile #{profile}" > end > > In the end I opted to just call Cucumber from the commandline: > > desc "run stories" > task :runner do > cucumber = "cucumber stories" > sh cucumber > end > > And then add a helper file to my stories directory and tell my steps to > load the Rails environment, such that my_steps.rb looks like this: > > require 'spec' > require File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + "/../../helper") > > # then all my step code...... > > And my helper.rb file looks like this: > > ENV["RAILS_ENV"] = "test" > require File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + > "/../config/environment") > > > So is this the correct way for adding a Rake task to the main Rails Rake > file so that it will run all my stories? > Should I still include the old all.rb file in the stories directory so > that I can run it without using Rake? > > Many thanks > > BE... > -- > Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. > _______________________________________________ > rspec-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users > _______________________________________________ rspec-users mailing list [email protected] http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users
