John Kolokotronis wrote:
Hi all,I'm new to Rspec but loving it so far and looking to use it as a replacement for a Test::Unit framework I have which drives a web app via Watir. So far, things have worked very well with Rspec but I can't get my head around how before/after(:all) blocks would work in nested groups, or even if what I am doing is possible. What I want to do is something like this: describe "This is a set of tests: " do before(:all) do puts "this should only appear once" end describe "Test 1" do puts "test 1" end describe "Test 2" do puts "test 2" end end Expecting the before(:all) block to run only once and see something like: - this should only appear once - test 1 - test 2 but what I am getting is: - this should only appear once - test 1 - this should only appear once - test 2 So my question is, how can you add before/after(:all) blocks that run once and only once for for all examples, if all the examples are nested in one main describe block? Is that something that's even possible? I'd appreciate any pointers anyone may have. Thanks!
Why do you want before(:all)? Generally it's use is disregarded, just as global variables are considered harmful, not because they can't be used well, but because 99% of the times they aren't.
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