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Posted by Binu Alexander
Binu Alexander
4,081 Points

Depreciation Errors : bin/rspec spec/features/todo_lists/create_spec.rb

I am on the testing with Rspec section of the videos . I am getting Depreciation errors . I am seeing the 1 example 1 failure message . Is it because the version of Ruby and Rails on the video is much older than the one I am using ? Please help

Binu Alexander
Binu Alexander
4,081 Points

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Failures:

1) Creating todo lists redirects to the todo list index page on success Failure/Error: expect(page).to have_content("New todo_list") expected to find text "New todo_list" in "New Todo List Title Description Back" # ./spec/features/todo_lists/create_spec.rb:7:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'

Deprecation Warnings:

RSpec::Core::ExampleGroup#example is deprecated and will be removed in RSpec 3. There are a few options for what you can use instead:

  • rspec-core's DSL methods (it, before, after, let, subject, etc) now yield the example as a block argument, and that is the recommended way to access the current example from those contexts.
  • The current example is now exposed via RSpec.current_example, which is accessible from any context.

  • If you can't update the code at this call site (e.g. because it is in an extension gem), you can use this snippet to continue making this method available in RSpec 2.99 and RSpec 3:

    RSpec.configure do |c| c.expose_current_running_example_as :example end

(Called from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/capybara-2.1.0/lib/capybara/rspec.rb:20:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>')

RSpec::Core::ExampleGroup#example is deprecated and will be removed in RSpec 3. There are a few options for what you can use instead:

  • rspec-core's DSL methods (it, before, after, let, subject, etc) now yield the example as a block argument, and that is the recommended way to access the current example from those contexts.
  • The current example is now exposed via RSpec.current_example, which is accessible from any context.

  • If you can't update the code at this call site (e.g. because it is in an extension gem), you can use this snippet to continue making this method available in RSpec 2.99 and RSpec 3:

    RSpec.configure do |c| c.expose_current_running_example_as :example end

(Called from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/capybara-2.1.0/lib/capybara/rspec.rb:21:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>')

If you need more of the backtrace for any of these deprecations to identify where to make the necessary changes, you can configure config.raise_errors_for_deprecations!, and it will turn the deprecation warnings into errors, giving you the full backtrace.

2 deprecation warnings total

Finished in 0.27328 seconds 1 example, 1 failure

Failed examples:

rspec ./spec/features/todo_lists/create_spec.rb:4 # Creating todo lists redirects to the todo list index page on success

Randomized with seed 49052

1 Answer

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

Hi Binu,

There are two issues there. The main one is in your could as that is what is causing the failure (assuming you have completed writing the test).

The second issue is the depecation warnings that you're seeing - they are just warnings, though. There's usually a way to silence them, too, but I can't see that in your post.

The key part, though, is the failed test: rspec ./spec/features/todo_lists/create_spec.rb:4 # Creating todo lists redirects to the todo list index page on success. You may not have completed writing the test yet, so it could be an intentional failure. The eventual code will look something like:

    it "redirects to the todo lists index page on success" do
        create_todo_list
        expect(page).to have_content("My todo list")
    end

I hope that helps.

Steve.