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Ruby Build a Todo List Application with Rails 4 Build a Todo List Application with Rails 4 Deleting Todo Lists

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Unsubscribed User
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Problem with rspec

/Users/tanio/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.2/gems/activesupport-4.1.4/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:247:in require': cannot load such file -- rails_helper (LoadError) from /Users/tanio/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.2/gems/activesupport-4.1.4/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:247:inblock in require' from /Users/tanio/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.2/gems/activesupport-4.1.4/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:232:in load_dependency' from /Users/tanio/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.2/gems/activesupport-4.1.4/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:247:inrequire' from /Volumes/DW/Treehouse/Project1/odot/spec/models/todo_item_spec.rb:1:in <top (required)>' from /Users/tanio/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.2/gems/activesupport-4.1.4/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:241:inload' from /Users/tanio/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.2/gems/activesupport-4.1.4/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:241:in block in load' from /Users/tanio/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.2/gems/activesupport-4.1.4/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:232:inload_dependency' from /Users/tanio/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.2/gems/activesupport-4.1.4/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:241:in load' from /Users/tanio/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.2/gems/rspec-core-3.0.3/lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb:1057:inblock in load_spec_files' from /Users/tanio/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.2/gems/rspec-core-3.0.3/lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb:1057:in each' from /Users/tanio/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.2/gems/rspec-core-3.0.3/lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb:1057:inload_spec_files' from /Users/tanio/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.2/gems/rspec-core-3.0.3/lib/rspec/core/runner.rb:97:in setup' from /Users/tanio/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.2/gems/rspec-core-3.0.3/lib/rspec/core/runner.rb:85:inrun' from /Users/tanio/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.2/gems/rspec-core-3.0.3/lib/rspec/core/runner.rb:70:in run' from /Users/tanio/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.2/gems/rspec-core-3.0.3/lib/rspec/core/runner.rb:38:ininvoke' from /Users/tanio/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.2/gems/rspec-core-3.0.3/exe/rspec:4:in <top (required)>' from /Users/tanio/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.2/bin/rspec:23:inload' from /Users/tanio/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.2/bin/rspec:23:in <main>' from /Users/tanio/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.2/bin/ruby_executable_hooks:15:ineval' from /Users/tanio/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.2/bin/ruby_executable_hooks:15:in `<main>'

Any concern?

Alexander Batalov
Alexander Batalov
21,887 Points
Alexander Batalov
Alexander Batalov
21,887 Points

Gaetano Artino Please could you paste here your exact spec that fails ?

3 Answers

Maciej Czuchnowski
Maciej Czuchnowski
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Maciej Czuchnowski
Maciej Czuchnowski
36,441 Points

I see you are using rspec v3. While this might not help you with your current problem, I suggest using the exact versions of gems that Jason is using - rspec version 2 (this might be 2.0 or 2.14) and downgrading Rails to 4.0. I recently had problems with rspec v3 because some methods were removed since version 2 and I wasn't able to run specs based on courses like this one.

Unsubscribed User
Unsubscribed User
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I have got a really weird issue. Some files have been corrupted and they contains strange symbols rather than code. Sorry guys I think this post is not going to be very useful for future viewers. Anyway, I solved the dependency problem just changing require 'rails_helper' with require 'spec_helper' in todo_item_spec.rb

David Gross
David Gross
19,443 Points
David Gross
David Gross
19,443 Points

require': cannot load such file -- rails_helper

You need to delete the rails_helper from your spec file. Because you are using Rspec you should be using spec_helper.rb each one of your test should have require 'spec_helper' not require 'rails_helper'. 

change require 'rails_helper' to require 'spec_helper'
Unsubscribed User
Unsubscribed User
5,035 Points

See my comment above

Maciej Czuchnowski
Maciej Czuchnowski
36,441 Points
Maciej Czuchnowski
Maciej Czuchnowski
36,441 Points

That depends if he's using rspec 2 or 3.

Unsubscribed User
Unsubscribed User
21,424 Points
Unsubscribed User
Unsubscribed User
21,424 Points

The previous answers are correct and it looks like they helped the OP in this case. I will add that this (or a very similar) error will appear if you attempt to run rspec before running rails generate rspec:install.

In my case this happened when I switched gemsets :).