Thanks Seth, if i really knew how to describe in detail what the problem was then I would probably know how to fix it. I gather that github would have some sort of way to fix my problem. My problem is that I have a version of rails that is different from the video tutorials on treehouse. If you look at the way my gemfile is set up(pasted in the description above), and the way the tutorial is set up with a 2.1.0 version of capybara, and 2.0 version of rspec you can see that the instructions are a little obsolete. If you can instruct me how to set up my gemfile for a later version like 4.2.0 of rails I would appreciate it. Sometimes I write vague because I assume that you would understand the problem of what I am writing about. Thanks for your patients! lol ....... I am sorry Seth I do not think that I would know how to make my question any clearer. I might make it easier if you take a look at the Treehouse video tutorial. The Video stated that someone on the forum would probably be able to help if one had a later version than that shown in the tutorial. I was mentioning that I have set up this same todo list previously and now the gemfile looks different with a newer version of Rails.

The way your gem file is set up should be fine. Jason uses rails 4.x for Odot. In his previous course, Treebook, he used rails 3.x, and 4.x switched to strong params for databases. (Don't worry too much about that for now.) The main gems to worry about in Odot are rspec, and shoulda-matchers (when you get there). In rspec 2.x there is one configuration file; spec_helper.rb. In rspec 3.x there are two; rails_helper.rb, and spec_helper.rb. This difference requires a pretty thorough refactoring of the entire app. When you do get to adding the shoulda-matchers gem, this thread explains what to do for the version 3.x. Hope that helps.