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Ruby User Authentication with Rails Adding User Support to Our Application Simplifying Tests with Factories

Nelly Nelly
Nelly Nelly
7,134 Points
Posted by Nelly Nelly
Nelly Nelly
7,134 Points

No error when I run `rake`but still having error when running `rspec spec`

Hello all !

When I run rake everything is fine ! ( well i don't know why I only have 105 btw instead of 120 on Jason's video)

Finished in 1.94 seconds (files took 1.56 seconds to load)
105 examples, 0 failures

If I run rspec spec I do have errors.... 

Failures:

  1) Deleting todo items is successful
     Failure/Error: expect(TodoItem.count).to eq(0)

       expected: 0
            got: 1

       (compared using ==)
     # ./spec/features/todo_items/delete_spec.rb:19:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'

  2) Deleting todo lists is successful when clicking the destroy link
     Failure/Error: expect(TodoList.count).to eq(0)

       expected: 0
            got: 1

       (compared using ==)
     # ./spec/features/todo_lists/destroy_spec.rb:20:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'

  3) Completing todo items is successful when marking a single item complete
     Failure/Error: expect(todo_item.completed_at).to_not be_nil

       expected: not nil
            got: nil
     # ./spec/features/todo_items/complete_spec.rb:19:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'

Finished in 12.73 seconds (files took 1.68 seconds to load)
105 examples, 3 failures

Failed examples:

rspec ./spec/features/todo_items/delete_spec.rb:13 # Deleting todo items is successful
rspec ./spec/features/todo_lists/destroy_spec.rb:13 # Deleting todo lists is successful when clicking the destroy link
rspec ./spec/features/todo_items/complete_spec.rb:12 # Completing todo items is successful when marking a single item complete

Thank for your help ! here's my updated repo https://github.com/knopfler81/odot/tree/user_auth

Steve Hunter maybe ?

3 Answers

Nelly Nelly
Nelly Nelly
7,134 Points
Nelly Nelly
Nelly Nelly
7,134 Points

found out ! ( dunno how....) but I was missing the first line in the spec_helper.rb

ENV["RAILS_ENV"] ||= 'test'
Steve Hunter
Steve Hunter
57,712 Points

Aha! So I was nearly there with my idea - all GREEN here now. :smile: :+1:

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

Hi Nelly,

I've pulled your code and have it running here. I get exactly the same as you - and I have no idea why.

Testing the app directly, and the code does work; the link does delete the todo_item. I'll try to figure out what's going on!

Steve.

Nelly Nelly
Nelly Nelly
7,134 Points
Nelly Nelly
Nelly Nelly
7,134 Points

Sounds weird :(

btw I will continue the lesson ... hopefully it won't break anything

Steve Hunter
Steve Hunter
57,712 Points

I think this is because you have two databases - I think there's some confusion in the application itself as to which one to use. Using rake will invoke the development database.

I wonder if some of the tests are leaving artfacts behind. So, when you're testing for a count to equal zero; maybe there's a list or item already there from other tests? So, testing for a decremented value, rather than a specific zero might work? Make sense?

I'll try to find the test for 'being one less' and give that a go.

Nelly Nelly
Nelly Nelly
7,134 Points
Nelly Nelly
Nelly Nelly
7,134 Points

yes ! OMG I am happy ! Merging NOW :D