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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

Loi Tran
Loi Tran
9,053 Points
Posted by Loi Tran
Loi Tran
9,053 Points

bin/rspec spec/features/todo_lists/create_spec.rb

I keep not be able to use spec =(! I think I typoed at a crucial point or something. Is there anywhere I can start rails and/or spec over? Like reinstall? Theres something wrong with my direcotries. When I hit that command this is the error message I see.

Lois-MacBook-Pro:odot Lois$ bin/rspec spec/features/todo_lists/create_spec.rb /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0/gems/activesupport-4.2.5/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:274:in require': cannot load such file -- capybara/rspect (LoadError) from /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0/gems/activesupport-4.2.5/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:274:inblock in require' from /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0/gems/activesupport-4.2.5/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:240:in load_dependency' from /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0/gems/activesupport-4.2.5/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:274:inrequire'

6 Answers

Seth Reece
Seth Reece
32,867 Points
Seth Reece
Seth Reece
32,867 Points

Hi Loi,

It looks like in spec_helper.rb you have require 'capybara/rspect' instead of require 'capybara/rspec'

Loi Tran
Loi Tran
9,053 Points
Loi Tran
Loi Tran
9,053 Points

Thanks for responding seth. I spent over an hour going through the directories and different .rb's to see where I could change the could from 'capybara/rspect' instead of require 'capybara/rspec'. In every one of the files, within those directories, returned by terminal, I couldn't find a case in which it said 'rspect'. Is there anyway to do a clean install of all the directories?

Seth Reece
Seth Reece
32,867 Points
Seth Reece
Seth Reece
32,867 Points

If you're using rspec 2.x you will want to change spec_helper.rb in odot/spec directory. If you're using rspec 3.x it will be in rails_helper.rb in the same directory.

Loi Tran
Loi Tran
9,053 Points
Loi Tran
Loi Tran
9,053 Points

from terminal that is, I already tried and everything it does it says things like need permissions, I hit sudo and type in my password and it does overwrite everything, but then i have to do like --commit commands again and what not. lol

Loi Tran
Loi Tran
9,053 Points
Loi Tran
Loi Tran
9,053 Points

Thanks for your help Seth. I did have that wrong. I'm a newb. lol. https://gist.github.com/PrimeTimeTran/eb6f65a6c8cec3b93fd9 Now I'm getting all types of other problems. I've sort of sliced and diced the directories so I have to now go back through the files and look at whether or not I messed up any other files. I'll look into that. Thanks for your help.

Loi: Ps: Is there a way to rm these directories? lol I don't want to do that, but I feel like I should start fresh. So that I don't have to do this.

Seth Reece
Seth Reece
32,867 Points
Seth Reece
Seth Reece
32,867 Points

Those failures look like you haven't set validations in your models If you are wanting to remove files/directories, and are using git, use git rm. There is documentation here .

Loi Tran
Loi Tran
9,053 Points
Loi Tran
Loi Tran
9,053 Points

Seth, Thanks for taking the time to read about my issue, contemplate it, and respond. I'm in the midst of traveling/moving right now so haven't been able to dive into it, but I'll let you know how you've successfully helped me as soon as I can. Thanks!

Loi Tran
Loi Tran
9,053 Points
Loi Tran
Loi Tran
9,053 Points

sigh. I tried to start over from scratch by creating a differently todo_lists all together. like from the beginning of this lesson. this is the error I'm receiving now. https://gist.github.com/PrimeTimeTran/9202b7658c0321f11e88 " Failures:

1) Creating todo lists redirects to the todo list index page on success Failure/Error: expect(page).to have_content("New Todo list") expected to find text "New Todo list" in "New Todo List Title Description Back" # ./spec/features/todo_lists/create_spec.rb:7:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>' "

Does it have to do with this right here...? " # ./spec/features/todo_lists/create_spec.rb:7:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'"

I feel like that period before the / at the front is fishy. the " # ./spec" period. lol

Thanks for your time Seth. It means a lot. It really does.