On 21 Jan 2011, at 16:22, Brian Warner wrote: > Matt Wynne wrote in post #976412: >> On 20 Jan 2011, at 19:32, Brian Warner wrote: >> >>> I have a file in step_definitions that's giving me an error for an >>> uninitialized constant. My guess is I need to 'require' the file where >>> that class is defined. Said files is located in /lib/codebreaker. >>> >>> I am very new to Ruby so this is probably a really simple question but >>> how do I 'require' a file in codebreaker from a file inside >>> step_definitions? >> >> You could try asking on the RSpec Book's own forum: >> http://forums.pragprog.com/forums/95 >> >> This question is really more Cucumber related so you could also ask on >> the cukes google group. >> >> Your guess is right. The best place to put your require statement is in >> features/support/env.rb >> >> I'm surprised that the book doesn't tell you to do that - did you maybe >> miss a step? >> >> cheers, >> Matt >> >> m...@mattwynne.net >> 07974 430184 > > The require statement that the book says to put in env.rb is: > > $: << File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "/../lib/") > require 'codebreaker' > > I ended up getting it to work after a co-worker pointed out that I need > to add "./lib" to some thing in ruby's list of directories to look in. I > don't remember what terminology he used but he did it through the > terminal.
He probably called it the 'load path'. That's what the $: means in that snippet - it's an Array of paths where Ruby will search for files when you call require. In the code above, you're pushing the lib directory onto the load path. > The require statement I ended up using is > > require 'codebreaker/game' Maybe the lib/codebreaker file was supposed to do that? cheers, Matt m...@mattwynne.net 07974 430184 _______________________________________________ rspec-users mailing list rspec-users@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users
