# New plugin doesn't pickup tests? **URL:** \ **Category:** Engines\ **Created:** [April 2, 2007, 6:03am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/new-plugin-doesnt-pickup-tests/90827 "2007-04-02T06:03:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Michael\_Moen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/eada6e/32.png) [@Michael\_Moen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Michael_Moen)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2007, 6:03am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/new-plugin-doesnt-pickup-tests/90827/1 "2007-04-02T06:03:59Z")
I’m putting together a new plugin for internal use and I have a feeling I’m missing something. I have the test/\* directories setup: ./test/test\_helper.rb ./test/fixtures/users.yml ./test/functional/users\_controller\_test.rb ./test/unit/user\_test.rb but running rake test:plugins merely produces: (in /Users/mmoen/sites/plugintest) /opt/local/bin/ruby -Ilib:test “/opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ rake-0.7.2/lib/rake/rake\_test\_loader.rb” Loaded suite /opt/local/bin/rake Started Finished in 0.000483 seconds. 0 tests, 0 assertions, 0 failures, 0 errors Everything else seems to be working I can interact with the models in the console and plugin\_migrations are working. Thanks in advance. ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Moen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/eada6e/32.png) [@Michael\_Moen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Michael_Moen)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2007, 11:00am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/new-plugin-doesnt-pickup-tests/90827/2 "2007-04-02T11:00:42Z")
Try rake test:plugins:all - the default (without engines) plugin mechanism doesn’t deal with functional/unit tests in the same way as a rails application. ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Moen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/eada6e/32.png) [@Michael\_Moen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Michael_Moen)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2007, 7:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/new-plugin-doesnt-pickup-tests/90827/3 "2007-04-02T19:46:03Z")
James- rake test:plugins:all didn’t run them either, but rake test:plugins PLUGIN=name did Thanks-