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Ruby Build a Todo List Application with Rails 4 Build a Todo List Application with Rails 4 Write Our First Tests

Patrick O'Sullivan
Patrick O'Sullivan
2,766 Points
Posted by Patrick O'Sullivan
Patrick O'Sullivan
2,766 Points

bin/rake spec... stuck need to know what's going on..

I'm now stuck after using rake spec.. error details below. Also, why are there no teachers notes in the video for the newer versions of rails/rspec etc? It's quite frustrating to be learning this and trying to troubleshoot errors when you've only written 2 lines of code...

Any assistance is appreciated.

Patricks-MBP:odot posullivan$ bin/rake spec /Users/posullivan/.rbenv/versions/2.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/activesupport-4.0.2/lib/active_support/values/time_zone.rb:282: warning: circular argument reference - now /Users/posullivan/.rbenv/versions/2.2.2/bin/ruby -S rspec ./spec/controllers/todo_lists_controller_spec.rb ./spec/helpers/todo_lists_helper_spec.rb ./spec/models/todo_list_spec.rb ./spec/requests/todo_lists_spec.rb ./spec/routing/todo_lists_routing_spec.rb ./spec/views/todo_lists/edit.html.erb_spec.rb ./spec/views/todo_lists/index.html.erb_spec.rb ./spec/views/todo_lists/new.html.erb_spec.rb ./spec/views/todo_lists/show.html.erb_spec.rb /Users/posullivan/.rbenv/versions/2.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/activesupport-4.0.2/lib/active_support/values/time_zone.rb:282: warning: circular argument reference - now /Users/posullivan/.rbenv/versions/2.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/activesupport-4.0.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:229:in require': cannot load such file -- test/unit/assertions (LoadError) from /Users/posullivan/.rbenv/versions/2.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/activesupport-4.0.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:229:inblock in require' from /Users/posullivan/.rbenv/versions/2.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/activesupport-4.0.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:214:in load_dependency' from /Users/posullivan/.rbenv/versions/2.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/activesupport-4.0.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:229:inrequire' from /Users/posullivan/.rbenv/versions/2.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/rspec-rails-2.99.0/lib/rspec/rails/adapters.rb:17:in rescue in <module:Rails>' from /Users/posullivan/.rbenv/versions/2.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/rspec-rails-2.99.0/lib/rspec/rails/adapters.rb:12:in<module:Rails>' from /Users/posullivan/.rbenv/versions/2.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/rspec-rails-2.99.0/lib/rspec/rails/adapters.rb:6:in <module:RSpec>' from /Users/posullivan/.rbenv/versions/2.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/rspec-rails-2.99.0/lib/rspec/rails/adapters.rb:5:in<top (required)>' from /Users/posullivan/.rbenv/versions/2.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/activesupport-4.0.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:229:in require' from /Users/posullivan/.rbenv/versions/2.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/activesupport-4.0.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:229:inblock in require' from /Users/posullivan/.rbenv/versions/2.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/activesupport-4.0.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:214:in load_dependency' from /Users/posullivan/.rbenv/versions/2.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/activesupport-4.0.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:229:inrequire' from /Users/posullivan/.rbenv/versions/2.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/rspec-rails-2.99.0/lib/rspec/rails.rb:11:in <top (required)>' from /Users/posullivan/.rbenv/versions/2.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/activesupport-4.0.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:229:inrequire' from 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/Users/posullivan/.rbenv/versions/2.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/rspec-core-2.99.2/lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb:1065:inblock in load_spec_files' from /Users/posullivan/.rbenv/versions/2.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/rspec-core-2.99.2/lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb:1065:in each' from /Users/posullivan/.rbenv/versions/2.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/rspec-core-2.99.2/lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb:1065:inload_spec_files' from /Users/posullivan/.rbenv/versions/2.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/rspec-core-2.99.2/lib/rspec/core/command_line.rb:18:in run' from /Users/posullivan/.rbenv/versions/2.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/rspec-core-2.99.2/lib/rspec/core/runner.rb:103:inrun' from /Users/posullivan/.rbenv/versions/2.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/rspec-core-2.99.2/lib/rspec/core/runner.rb:17:in `block in autorun' /Users/posullivan/.rbenv/versions/2.2.2/bin/ruby -S rspec ./spec/controllers/todo_lists_controller_spec.rb ./spec/helpers/todo_lists_helper_spec.rb ./spec/models/todo_list_spec.rb ./spec/requests/todo_lists_spec.rb ./spec/routing/todo_lists_routing_spec.rb ./spec/views/todo_lists/edit.html.erb_spec.rb ./spec/views/todo_lists/index.html.erb_spec.rb ./spec/views/todo_lists/new.html.erb_spec.rb ./spec/views/todo_lists/show.html.erb_spec.rb failed

3 Answers

Justin Horner
STAFF
Justin Horner
Treehouse Guest Teacher
Justin Horner
Justin Horner
Treehouse Guest Teacher

Hello Patrick,

It looks like you are using Ruby 2.2.2 for this project. I would recommend installing Ruby 2.0.0-p645 and using it for the project. You can use rbenv to do this.

Here is how to install another Ruby version with rbenv and here is how to set the local Ruby version for your project.

If you have any difficulty doing this please let me know. I'd be glad to help further.

I hope this helps.

Anthony Hernandez
Anthony Hernandez
7,365 Points
Anthony Hernandez
Anthony Hernandez
7,365 Points

I'm just going to take a stab at this based on the first line of the output.

It looks like you ran "bin/rspec spec"; however, I believe what you need to run is "bin/rspec spec/features/todo_lists/create_spec.rb" in this case.

Patrick O'Sullivan
Patrick O'Sullivan
2,766 Points
Patrick O'Sullivan
Patrick O'Sullivan
2,766 Points

So far so good. I installed Ruby 2.0.0-p645 and set it to the global version. FYI for anyone else that has to do it. You have to rehash and reinstall rails as well once you do this.

Thanks for the help, Justin. I will post again if anything further comes up.