On Nov 2, 2007, at 4:48 AM, Jamal Soueidan wrote:
> Scott Taylor wrote:
>> On Nov 1, 2007, at 6:18 AM, Jamal Soueidan wrote:
>>
>>> @user.errors.on(:email).should_not be_empty
>>>
>>> ...throws error failure
>>>
>>
>> This is not an autotest problem, this is a test problem.
>>
>> Usually I start adding extra tests:
>>
>> it "should not raise an error with a new user (exploratory test)" do
>> lambda {
>> User.new
>> }.should_not raise_error
>> end
>>
>> If that one fails...then it's a problem with my setup (before
>> (:each))...and so on.
>>
>> If I really have no idea what's going on, I'll insert the following
>> snippet to the top of the spec:
>>
>> require 'rubygems'; require 'ruby-debug'; debugger;
>>
>> (I use textmate, and have a snippet setup so that I can type "debug"
>> tab, and the full line gets inserted)
>>
>> The next time autotest runs, it will drop me into the debugger (make
>> sure you have the ruby-debug gem installed).
>>
>> Hope that helps,
>>
>> Scott
>
> I tried to insert the requiring files etc. and went into the debugger,
> but how do I use it ?
>
> $ autotest
> loading autotest/rails_rspec
> /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/bin/ruby -S
> script/spec -O spec/spec.opts spec/controllers/
> user_controller_spec.rb
> spec/models/user_spec.rb spec/helpers/user_helper_spec.rb
> spec/controllers/video_controller_spec.rb
> spec/helpers/video_helper_spec.rb
> ./spec/controllers/user_controller_spec.rb:5 require
> File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../spec_helper'
> (rdb:1) user = User.new
> Adjusting would put us beyond the oldest (initial) frame.
> (rdb:1) user.email = "test"
> Adjusting would put us beyond the oldest (initial) frame.
> (rdb:1) user.should_not be_valid
> Adjusting would put us beyond the oldest (initial) frame.
> (rdb:1)
> --
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Google for the ruby-debugger. The most common commands are:
h - help
c - continue
p - print (so p user = User.new)
irb - drops you into irb
b - breakpoint
l - list where you are in the code
And so on. I would advise looking up the tutorial, though.
Scott
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