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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

Malcolm McClellan
Malcolm McClellan
2,922 Points
Posted by Malcolm McClellan
Malcolm McClellan
2,922 Points

Getting errors from create_spec.rb

Mt code is identical to the video, but i am still getting 1 example and 1 error. My code reads: 

require "spec_helper"

describe "Creating todo lists" do
    it "redirects to the todo list index page on success" do
        visit "/todo_lists"
        click_link "New Todo list"
        expect(page).to have_content("New todo_list")
    end
end

Could I be doing something wrong outside of this file?

2 Answers

Steve Hunter
Steve Hunter
57,712 Points
Steve Hunter
Steve Hunter
57,712 Points

Hi Malcolm,

What error are you getting?

And, yes, the code issue could be either in your test, as above, or in the view or model, perhaps. However, the error will let us know what the problem is, as it'll either be a code/syntax error of a failed test. Copy the whole error in and we can fix it from there.

Steve.

Houston Erekson
Houston Erekson
10,542 Points
Houston Erekson
Houston Erekson
10,542 Points

I would suggest doing as Jason did in the video and follow your test on your live application. If a page doesnt show up when you click links manually they will come up as errors in the test.

go to your localhost url go to the /todo_lists page click on the New todo list link see if the page has the content youre looking for.