There’s now a not very well documented method called expect_any_instance_of that handles the any_instance special case. You should use: expect_any_instance_of(Object).to receive(:subscribe) Google expect_any_instance_of for more info.
This isn’t very specific to FactoryGirl, but you can always bypass validations when saving models via save(validate: false): describe “.current” do let!(:current_group) { FactoryGirl.create(:group) } let!(:old_group) do g = FactoryGirl.build(:group, expiry: Time.now – 3.days) g.save(validate: false) g end specify { Group.current.should == [current_group] } end
rspec-rails 3 generates spec_helper.rb and rails_helper.rb. spec_helper.rb is for specs which don’t depend on Rails (such as specs for classes in the lib directory). rails_helper.rb is for specs which do depend on Rails (in a Rails project, most or all of them). rails_helper.rb requires spec_helper.rb. So no, don’t get rid of rails_helper.rb; require it (and … Read more
You could try setting the ActiveRecord logger to stdout in your test somewhere. If you’re using rspec, maybe in the spec helper? ActiveRecord::Base.logger = Logger.new(STDOUT)
The conceptual difference is that you’re usually testing a user story, and all interaction should be driven via the user interface. That’s where Capybara comes in. A request spec is still testing the behavior of your application and doesn’t have the expectation of readability that an acceptance test would have. So, feature is there for … 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
You can use fixture_file_upload method to test file uploading: Put your test file in “{Rails.root}/spec/fixtures/files” directory before :each do @file = fixture_file_upload(‘files/test_lic.xml’, ‘text/xml’) end it “can upload a license” do post :uploadLicense, :upload => @file response.should be_success end In case you were expecting the file in the form of params[‘upload’][‘datafile’] it “can upload a license” … Read more