Alternatively, you can use a block and skip the association keyword. This makes it possible to build objects without saving to the database (otherwise, a has_many association will save your records to the db, even if you use the build function instead of create). FactoryGirl.define do factory :listing_with_features, :parent => :listing do |listing| features { … Read more
In RSpec 2 and 3, you can use the –profile flag or add –profile to your .rspec file. This will track the top 10 slowest examples. For RSpec 1, you can use –format o with spec command. It shows a text-based progress bar with profiling of 10 slowest examples. For more details see this. rspec … Read more
The context is an alias for describe, so they are functionally equivalent. You can use them interchangeably, the only difference is how your spec file reads. There is no difference in test output for example. The RSpec book says: “We tend to use describe() for things and context() for context”. Personally I like to use … Read more