You can check by using `STDOUT.puts` if you're debugging.
I personally prefer sticking `binding.pry` here and there from `pry-byebug` gem
On Mon, Apr 5, 2021 at 6:42 PM Jack Royal-Gordon <jac...@pobox.com> wrote:
>
> In troubleshooting a system test that is failing, the debugging output from
> my controller is mixed in with RSpec’s output. I’m guessing that has to do
> with RSpec capturing terminal output, but it has me wondering if the test is
> failing before the code has a chance to complete.
>
> The test is of a drag-and-drop operation on screen that results in an Ajax
> call to the app, followed by activity on screen once the Ajax call completes
> successfully. The ajax call deletes one record and moves it’s children to
> another record. I added two debugging statements: one at the beginning of the
> controller action, dumping the params, and the other after the database
> changes have been made, stating that the parent record has been deleted. The
> output looks as follows:
>
> Source = 38347; target = 38360
> F
>
>
> Failures:
>
> 1) SKUs Screen Draggable and Droppable actions when dragging and droppng a
> book on another book with confirmation updates the database correctly
> Failure/Error: expect(source.reload).to be_destroyed, "Source book not
> destroyed"
> Source book not destroyed
>
> params: <ActionController::Parameters {"verb"=>"MoveBook",
> "source_id"=>"book_38347", "dest_id"=>"book_38360", "ts"=>"1617589502334",
> "controller"=>"books", "action"=>"modify", "format"=>"js"} permitted: false>
> book deleted
> [Screenshot]:
> tmp/screenshots/failures_r_spec_example_groups_sk_us_screen_draggable_and_droppable_actions_when_dragging_and_droppng_a_book_on_another_book_with_confirmation_updates_the_database_correctly_752.png
>
>
> The green highlighted text is output by the test spec before it really gets
> going. The other two highlighted segments of text are the two troubleshooting
> outputs from the controller action called via Ajax. Note that they are output
> after the failure message and before the screen shot message. I find this
> extremely suspicious. Can I conclude from this that the test failed before
> the controller action had a chance to run?
>
> FWIW, here is the test (there is other setup code above this, but nothing
> that should affect the flow through the test (the second “it” is the one
> causing the failure — the first one succeeds):
>
> describe "when dragging and droppng a book on another book" do
> let!(:source) { user.books.first }
> let!(:target) { user.books.second }
> let!(:source_control) { page.find("#book_#{source.id} .book_title
> label") }
> let!(:target_control) { page.find("#book_#{target.id}") }
> let!(:source_skus) { source.skus.map(&:id).to_set }
> let!(:target_skus) { target.skus.map(&:id).to_set }
>
> describe "with confirmation" do
> before do
> puts "Source = #{source.id}; target = #{target.id}"
> accept_confirm do
> source_control.drag_to(target_control)
> end
> end
>
> it 'changes the display correctly' do
> expect(page).to_not have_selector("#book_#{source.id}"), "Source
> book still exists on page"
> for sku in source.skus
> expect(page).to have_selector("#book_#{target.id}
> #sku_#{sku.id}"), "Source SKU not found within target book"
> end
> end
>
> it 'updates the database correctly' do
> expect(source.reload).to be_destroyed, "Source book not destroyed"
> new_target_skus = target.skus.reload.map(&:id).to_set
> expect(new_target_skus).to include(*source_skus), "Some Source SKUs
> not moved to target"
> expect(new_target_skus).to include(*target_skus), "Some target SKUs
> lost during the move"
> end
> end
>
> Note: When the drop occurs, a “confirm” modal dialog is displayed requiring
> the user to confirm the operation.
>
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