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Ruby Build a Todo List Application with Rails 4 Build a Todo List Application with Rails 4 Write Our First Tests

Posted by Kairos F
Kairos F
19,925 Points

Syntax Error at the last part.

Hi, I've been following along ok, until now. At the last hurdle, my code fails with the following syntax error:

" syntax error, unexpected tIDENTIFIER, expecting ')' (SyntaxError) expect('TodoList.count').to eq(0) ^ "

Any ideas? Thanks,

4 Answers

Steve Hunter
Steve Hunter
57,712 Points

This:

expect(page.to have_content("error")

needs to be 

expect(page).to have_content("error")

You just missed a bracket, I think.

Let me know how you get on.

Steve.

Steve Hunter
Steve Hunter
57,712 Points

Comment added in your code above ...

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

Hi Kairos,

Post the whole error and the code in the file it points to. There's just a bracket, or something missing ...

Steve.

Kairos F
Kairos F
19,925 Points
Kairos F
Kairos F
19,925 Points

Here's my code:

require 'spec_helper'

describe "Creating todo lists" do

    it "redirects to the todo list index page on success" do
        visit "/todo_lists"
        click_link "New Todo list"
        expect(page).to have_content("New Todo List")

        fill_in "Title", with: "My todo list"
        fill_in "Description", with: "This is what I'm doing today."
        click_button "Create Todo list"

        expect(page).to have_content("My todo list")
    end

    it "displays an error when the todo list has no title" do
        expect(TodoList.count).to eq(0)

        visit "/todo_lists"
        click_link "New Todo list"
        expect(page).to have_content("New Todo List")

        fill_in "Title", with: "My todo list"
        fill_in "Description", with: "This is what I'm doing today."
        click_button "Create Todo list"

        expect(page.to have_content("error")  ## missing bracket here!
            expect(TodoList.count).to eq(0)

        visit "/todo_lists"
        expect(page).to_not have_content("This is what I'm doing today.")
    end
end

Thanks

Kairos F
Kairos F
19,925 Points
Kairos F
Kairos F
19,925 Points

That solved it, thanks!

Steve Hunter
Steve Hunter
57,712 Points

:+1: