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Ruby User Authentication with Rails Password Hashing and Sign In Creating the User model: Part 2

Posted by jooyoonbyun
jooyoonbyun
3,438 Points

bin/rspec spec/models/user_spec.rb doesn't work

When I type bin/rspec spec/models/user_spec.rb,

Terminal prints this kind of error. What is the problem?

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1 Answer

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

Hi there,

That error doesn't help much. Can you post the test file and the helper file code, please? So, user_spec.rb and spec_helper.rb. There's some issue with the require statements, I think.

Steve.