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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

Dinesh Vijaykumar
Dinesh Vijaykumar
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Posted by Dinesh Vijaykumar
Dinesh Vijaykumar
9,879 Points

bin/rake spec failed

I seem to get the following error when i type the command bin/rake spec -

/Users/Din/.rbenv/versions/2.2.2/bin/ruby -S rspec ./spec/controllers/todo_lists_controller_spec.rb ./spec/helpers/todo_lists_helper_spec.rb ./spec/models/todo_list_spec.rb ./spec/requests/todo_lists_spec.rb ./spec/routing/todo_lists_routing_spec.rb ./spec/views/todo_lists/edit.html.erb_spec.rb ./spec/views/todo_lists/index.html.erb_spec.rb ./spec/views/todo_lists/new.html.erb_spec.rb ./spec/views/todo_lists/show.html.erb_spec.rb /Users/Din/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.2.1/gems/actionpack-4.2.2/lib/abstract_controller/helpers.rb:151:in rescue in block in modules_for_helpers': Missing helper file helpers//users/din/documents/development/rails/odot/app/helpers/application_helper.rb_helper.rb (AbstractController::Helpers::MissingHelperError) from /Users/Din/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.2.1/gems/actionpack-4.2.2/lib/abstract_controller/helpers.rb:148:inblock in modules_for_helpers' from /Users/Din/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.2.1/gems/actionpack-4.2.2/lib/abstract_controller/helpers.rb:144:in map!' from /Users/Din/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.2.1/gems/actionpack-4.2.2/lib/abstract_controller/helpers.rb:144:inmodules_for_helpers' from /Users/Din/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.2.1/gems/actionpack-4.2.2/lib/action_controller/metal/helpers.rb:93:in modules_for_helpers' from /Users/Din/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.2.1/gems/actionpack-4.2.2/lib/abstract_controller/helpers.rb:108:inhelper' from /Users/Din/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.2.1/gems/actionpack-4.2.2/lib/action_controller/railties/helpers.rb:17:in inherited' from /Users/Din/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.2.1/gems/actionview-4.2.2/lib/action_view/test_case.rb:11:in<class:TestCase>' from /Users/Din/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.2.1/gems/actionview-4.2.2/lib/action_view/test_case.rb:10:in <module:ActionView>' from /Users/Din/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.2.1/gems/actionview-4.2.2/lib/action_view/test_case.rb:8:in<top (required)>' from /Users/Din/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.2.1/gems/rspec-rails-2.99.0/lib/rspec/rails/example/helper_example_group.rb:7:in <module:HelperExampleGroup>' from /Users/Din/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.2.1/gems/rspec-rails-2.99.0/lib/rspec/rails/example/helper_example_group.rb:4:in<module:Rails>' from /Users/Din/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.2.1/gems/rspec-rails-2.99.0/lib/rspec/rails/example/helper_example_group.rb:3:in <top (required)>' from /Users/Din/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.2.1/gems/activesupport-4.2.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:274:inrequire' from /Users/Din/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.2.1/gems/activesupport-4.2.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:274:in block in require' from /Users/Din/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.2.1/gems/activesupport-4.2.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:240:inload_dependency' from /Users/Din/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.2.1/gems/activesupport-4.2.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:274:in require' from /Users/Din/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.2.1/gems/rspec-rails-2.99.0/lib/rspec/rails/example.rb:4:in<top (required)>' from /Users/Din/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.2.1/gems/activesupport-4.2.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:274:in require' from /Users/Din/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.2.1/gems/activesupport-4.2.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:274:inblock in require' from /Users/Din/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.2.1/gems/activesupport-4.2.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:240:in load_dependency' from /Users/Din/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.2.1/gems/activesupport-4.2.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:274:inrequire' from /Users/Din/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.2.1/gems/rspec-rails-2.99.0/lib/rspec/rails.rb:19:in <top (required)>' from /Users/Din/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.2.1/gems/activesupport-4.2.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:274:inrequire' from /Users/Din/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.2.1/gems/activesupport-4.2.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:274:in block in require' from /Users/Din/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.2.1/gems/activesupport-4.2.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:240:inload_dependency' from /Users/Din/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.2.1/gems/activesupport-4.2.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:274:in require' from /Users/Din/Documents/development/rails/odot/spec/spec_helper.rb:4:in<top (required)>' from /Users/Din/Documents/development/rails/odot/spec/controllers/todo_lists_controller_spec.rb:1:in require' from /Users/Din/Documents/development/rails/odot/spec/controllers/todo_lists_controller_spec.rb:1:in<top (required)>' from /Users/Din/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.2.1/gems/rspec-core-2.99.2/lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb:1065:in load' from /Users/Din/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.2.1/gems/rspec-core-2.99.2/lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb:1065:inblock in load_spec_files' from /Users/Din/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.2.1/gems/rspec-core-2.99.2/lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb:1065:in each' from /Users/Din/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.2.1/gems/rspec-core-2.99.2/lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb:1065:inload_spec_files' from /Users/Din/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.2.1/gems/rspec-core-2.99.2/lib/rspec/core/command_line.rb:18:in run' from /Users/Din/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.2.1/gems/rspec-core-2.99.2/lib/rspec/core/runner.rb:103:inrun' from /Users/Din/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.2.1/gems/rspec-core-2.99.2/lib/rspec/core/runner.rb:17:in `block in autorun' /Users/Din/.rbenv/versions/2.2.2/bin/ruby -S rspec ./spec/controllers/todo_lists_controller_spec.rb ./spec/helpers/todo_lists_helper_spec.rb ./spec/models/todo_list_spec.rb ./spec/requests/todo_lists_spec.rb ./spec/routing/todo_lists_routing_spec.rb ./spec/views/todo_lists/edit.html.erb_spec.rb ./spec/views/todo_lists/index.html.erb_spec.rb ./spec/views/todo_lists/new.html.erb_spec.rb ./spec/views/todo_lists/show.html.erb_spec.rb failed

1 Answer

Raymond Sapida
Raymond Sapida
33,049 Points
Raymond Sapida
Raymond Sapida
33,049 Points

HI there,

I found a stack overflow link that might be related. The error is saying that the Application Helper isn't being included properly so it might be that the program isn't able to find the file or that the file isn't named properly. The stack overflow link mentioned that some users have problems when the working directory starts with a capitalized letter. From the stack message, that might be the case because I'm seeing a working directory of

/Users/Din/.rbenv/versions/2.2.2/bin/ruby

but the error message is looking for a directory with lowercase letters:

Missing helper file helpers//users/din/documents/development/rails/odot/app/helpers/application_helper.rb

I hope this was helpful and good luck!