On Feb 23, 2012, at 4:38 PM, Mohamad El-Husseini wrote:
> I'm new to RSpec, Rails, and Ruby. I'm following the Rails Tutorial. I was
> going over some RSpec code and go wanted some clarification:
>
> describe "User pages" do
> subject { page }
>
> describe "sign up" do
> describe "with valid information" do
> before do
> fill_in "Name", with: "Mickey Mouse"
> fill_in "Email", with: "mic...@disney.com"
> fill_in "Password", with: "m1ck3y"
> fill_in "Confirmation", with: "m1ck3y"
> end
>
> it "should create a user" do # block 1
> expect { click_button "Sign up" }.to change(User, :count).by(1)
> end
>
> describe "after saving the user" do #block 2
> before { click_button 'Sign up' }
> let(:user) { User.find_by_email('mic...@disney.com') }
> it { should have_selector('title', text: user.name) }
> it { should have_link('Sign out') }
> end
> end
>
> Notice the "it 'should create a user'" block. Why doesn't the user we create
> in that block carry over to the next block? ("after saving the user")? Why is
> it necessary to write
>
> before { click_button 'Sign up' } in order to test for the user? Shouldn't
> the user already exist as it was created in block 2?
>
> I'm looking to understand the flow of events in RSpec.
>
> Thanks!
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Each example (`it`) is run in isolation from the other examples -- there is no
shared state. This keeps things clean and easy to understand. In your example,
just add a method for "signing up":
describe "User pages" do
subject { page }
describe "sign up" do
describe "with valid information" do
before do
fill_in "Name", with: "Mickey Mouse"
fill_in "Email", with: "mic...@disney.com"
fill_in "Password", with: "m1ck3y"
fill_in "Confirmation", with: "m1ck3y"
end
def click_sign_up_button
click_button "Sign up"
end
it "should create a user" do # block 1
expect { click_sign_up_button }.to change(User, :count).by(1)
end
describe "after saving the user" do #block 2
before { click_sign_up_button }
let(:user) { User.find_by_email('mic...@disney.com') }
it { should have_selector('title', text: user.name) }
it { should have_link('Sign out') }
end
end
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