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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

Posted by Keith Libert
Keith Libert
2,713 Points

Simple problem: Cannot Load File

I think this is a simple question. When I run the test I get and error "cannot load such file --spec_helper". My code for the test is:

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

The spec_helper.rb file is in my spec directory. Also when Jason runs files from the odot directory for some reason I am unable to call them. For example he runs the programs like bin/rspec while I have to cd to the bin directory and then run rspec. Is this a problem with how my path is set up? It is very annoying. Sorry I am relatively new to the terminal. Thanks in advance.

2 Answers

Donald McLamb
Donald McLamb
2,867 Points
Donald McLamb
Donald McLamb
2,867 Points

Hello,

try require relative, require is for gems. if that does not work then it is a directory address issue, its not looking in the right spot.

Keith Libert
Keith Libert
2,713 Points

Thanks! I actually did get it to work using this method but it seems like there must be a better way. I used:

require_relative '../../spec_helper'

And then I had to call rspec from inside the bin directory with the full path of create_spec.rb all the way from the c drive. At least it worked.

khend
khend
7,560 Points
khend
khend
7,560 Points

I had moved into the directory where create_spec.rb was. When I backed the command prompt out to the odot directory and called rspec with the path to the subdirectory (odot>rspec spec/features/todo_lists/create_spec.rb), the error went away.