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Ruby

Richard Luick
Richard Luick
10,955 Points
Posted by Richard Luick
Richard Luick
10,955 Points

rake spec failure

Hello everyone, I am having a real tough time running the "rake spec" test on my ToDo list application. I have been all over the message boards online and have yet to find a solution to my issue. This has been frustrating me all day and is preventing me from moving on with the course. I have pasted the error message below. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you.

C:\Users\Rich\Desktop\Web Projects\GitHub\ODOT>rake spec C:/Ruby200-x64/bin/ruby.exe -S rspec ./spec/controllers/to_dp_lists_controller_s pec.rb ./spec/helpers/to_dp_lists_helper_spec.rb ./spec/models/to_dp_list_spec.r b ./spec/requests/to_dp_lists_spec.rb ./spec/routing/to_dp_lists_routing_spec.rb ./spec/views/to_dp_lists/edit.html.erb_spec.rb ./spec/views/to_dp_lists/index.h tml.erb_spec.rb ./spec/views/to_dp_lists/new.html.erb_spec.rb ./spec/views/to_dp lists/show.html.erb_spec.rb C:/Ruby200-x64/lib/ruby/gems/2.0.0/gems/activesupport-4.1.1/lib/active_support/d ependencies.rb:247:in require': cannot load such file -- cabybara/rspec (LoadEr ror) from C:/Ruby200-x64/lib/ruby/gems/2.0.0/gems/activesupport-4.1.1/lib/act ive_support/dependencies.rb:247:inblock in require' from C:/Ruby200-x64/lib/ruby/gems/2.0.0/gems/activesupport-4.1.1/lib/act ive_support/dependencies.rb:232:in load_dependency' from C:/Ruby200-x64/lib/ruby/gems/2.0.0/gems/activesupport-4.1.1/lib/act ive_support/dependencies.rb:247:inrequire' from C:/Users/Rich/Desktop/Web Projects/GitHub/ODOT/spec/spec_helper.rb: 6:in `<top (required)>' from C:/Users/Rich/Desktop/Web Projects/GitHub/ODOT/spec/controllers/to dp_lists_controller_spec.rb:1:in require' from C:/Users/Rich/Desktop/Web Projects/GitHub/ODOT/spec/controllers/to_ dp_lists_controller_spec.rb:1:in<top (required)>' from C:/Ruby200-x64/lib/ruby/gems/2.0.0/gems/rspec-core-2.99.1/lib/rspec /core/configuration.rb:1065:in load' from C:/Ruby200-x64/lib/ruby/gems/2.0.0/gems/rspec-core-2.99.1/lib/rspec /core/configuration.rb:1065:inblock in load_spec_files' from C:/Ruby200-x64/lib/ruby/gems/2.0.0/gems/rspec-core-2.99.1/lib/rspec /core/configuration.rb:1065:in each' from C:/Ruby200-x64/lib/ruby/gems/2.0.0/gems/rspec-core-2.99.1/lib/rspec /core/configuration.rb:1065:inload_spec_files' from C:/Ruby200-x64/lib/ruby/gems/2.0.0/gems/rspec-core-2.99.1/lib/rspec /core/command_line.rb:18:in run' from C:/Ruby200-x64/lib/ruby/gems/2.0.0/gems/rspec-core-2.99.1/lib/rspec /core/runner.rb:103:inrun' from C:/Ruby200-x64/lib/ruby/gems/2.0.0/gems/rspec-core-2.99.1/lib/rspec /core/runner.rb:17:in `block in autorun' C:/Ruby200-x64/bin/ruby.exe -S rspec ./spec/controllers/to_dp_lists_controller_s pec.rb ./spec/helpers/to_dp_lists_helper_spec.rb ./spec/models/to_dp_list_spec.r b ./spec/requests/to_dp_lists_spec.rb ./spec/routing/to_dp_lists_routing_spec.rb ./spec/views/to_dp_lists/edit.html.erb_spec.rb ./spec/views/to_dp_lists/index.h tml.erb_spec.rb ./spec/views/to_dp_lists/new.html.erb_spec.rb ./spec/views/to_dp _lists/show.html.erb_spec.rb failed

2 Answers

Robert Ho
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Robert Ho
Courses Plus Student 11,383 Points
Robert Ho
Robert Ho
Courses Plus Student 11,383 Points

alrite, after you installed Capybara, did you run these steps in video 2 (Set up Git and Add Gems)?

  1. bin/rails generate rspec:install
  2. open spec/spec_helper.rb and type require 'capybara/rspec'
  3. then type bundle binstubs rspec-core

For reference, he does this 4:50 min mark in the video.

Richard Luick
Richard Luick
10,955 Points
Richard Luick
Richard Luick
10,955 Points

I believe I did as I was following along with the video when I initially set it up. However, to be sure I am going to re-watch that video and ensure that I am following those 3 steps you posted. I will let you know the results once I go through it again.

Richard Luick
Richard Luick
10,955 Points
Richard Luick
Richard Luick
10,955 Points

Robert, good news! I went back and re-did everything paying careful attention to the steps you pointed out and everything worked fine. Although I am not sure exactly what happened the first time, I was able to get everything up and running. Thank you for the help

Robert Ho
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Robert Ho
Courses Plus Student 11,383 Points
Robert Ho
Robert Ho
Courses Plus Student 11,383 Points

Hey Richard,

Which video are you on when you get this error? It seems that error shows you don't have capybara installed. Can you copy and paste your gem file? The second video of the "Build a Simple Todo List Application" set of videos shows you how to install Capybara. You have to first include it in the Gemfile and then second include it in the spec_helper.rb file. Hope this helps!

Richard Luick
Richard Luick
10,955 Points
Richard Luick
Richard Luick
10,955 Points

Hi Robert, thanks for the resposne. I am currently encountering this error on the "Write our first tests" video. I will copy my GemFile below. Thank you.

source 'https://rubygems.org'

gem 'rails', '4.1.1' gem 'sqlite3' gem 'sass-rails', '~> 4.0.3' gem 'uglifier', '>= 1.3.0' gem 'coffee-rails', '~> 4.0.0' gem 'jquery-rails' gem 'turbolinks' gem 'jbuilder', '~> 2.0' gem 'tzinfo-data', platforms: [:mingw, :mswin, :x64_mingw]

group :doc do gem 'sdoc', require: false
end

group :development, :test do gem 'rspec-rails', '~> 2.0' end

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