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Ruby Build a Todo List Application with Rails 4 Build a Todo List Application with Rails 4 Set up Git and Add Gems

Brian Bolnick
Brian Bolnick
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Posted by Brian Bolnick
Brian Bolnick
3,396 Points

No rspec folder or a spec-helper file.

My application does not have an rspec folder or a spec-helper file. Did I miss something? Most recent version of ruby, rails 4.2.0 and OS X Yosemite. Please help!

Robert Goddard
Robert Goddard
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Robert Goddard
Robert Goddard
15,019 Points

May I see the contents of your Gemfile?

Brian Bolnick
Brian Bolnick
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Brian Bolnick
Brian Bolnick
3,396 Points

Robert Goddard here is is:

source 'https://rubygems.org'

gem 'rails', '4.2.0' gem 'sqlite3' gem 'sass-rails', '~> 5.0' gem 'uglifier', '>= 1.3.0' gem 'coffee-rails', '~> 4.1.0' gem 'jquery-rails' gem 'turbolinks' gem 'jbuilder', '~> 2.0' gem 'sdoc', '~> 0.4.0', group: :doc

group :development do gem 'rspec-rails', '~> 2.0' gem 'byebug' gem 'web-console', '~> 2.0'

gem 'spring' end

group :test do gem 'capybara', '~> 2.1.0' end

Its slightly different from the video but I'm assuming that's because of version updates?

Robert Goddard
Robert Goddard
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Robert Goddard
Robert Goddard
15,019 Points

Yeah, rails upgrades come out so fast it's hard for anyone to keep up with accurate word for word tutorials. Give me a few minutes, I'm going to see if I can remember how to get rspec working. It's been a while since I've messed with rails so bear with me.

2 Answers

Brian Bolnick
Brian Bolnick
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Brian Bolnick
Brian Bolnick
3,396 Points

So I was able to get it by running rails generate rspec:install! looks like it did the trick.

Brian Bolnick
Brian Bolnick
3,396 Points
Brian Bolnick
Brian Bolnick
3,396 Points

annnnnd I just watched the video again and that's the exact same thing he did in the video....whoops! Must have missed that part. Ignore this question!