# Problems with rSpec

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problems-with-rspec/116813>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [October 10, 2007, 12:16am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problems-with-rspec/116813 "2007-10-10T00:16:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![chrisolsen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@chrisolsen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/chrisolsen)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2007, 12:16am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problems-with-rspec/116813/1 "2007-10-10T00:16:47Z")

</div>

1. First question

* * *

I am getting this error when running my tests:  
…  
b spec/views/projects/index.rhtml\_spec.rb spec/views/projects/  
new.rhtml\_spec.rb  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.4.2/lib/  
active\_support/dependencies.rb:266:in `load\_missing\_constant’:  
uninitialized constant ProjectsHelper (NameError)  
…

The first time I saw this I figured I would just get everything  
working by commenting out the  
+++  
include ProjectHelper  
+++  
within the view tests. And that let everything run fine. Then I see  
the same error again at the same file (index.rhtml.spec.rb), so I  
delete the line, and everything runs fine. Then the next time I run  
the tests the same error is being thrown, but is now pointing to a  
different file where the line is commented out.

What is going on here? Is this a common rSpec bug?

1. Next question.

* * *

When I run the tests I get the following error for one of the auto-  
created tests, and cannot figure out why it is throwing it.

describe “/projects/new.rhtml” do  
before do  
@project = mock\_model(Project)  
@project.stub!(:new\_record?).and\_return(true)  
assigns[:project] = @project  
end

it “should render new form” do  
render “/projects/new.rhtml”  
# THIS IS THE LINE THE ERROR IS BEING THROWN ON  
response.should have\_tag(“form[action=?][method=post]”,  
projects\_path) do  
end  
end  
end

Here is the error message  
+++++++  
ActionView::TemplateError in ‘/projects/new.rhtml should render new  
form’  
Mock ‘Project\_1000’ received unexpected message :name with (no args)  
On line #3 of app/views/projects/\_form.rhtml

```
1: <p>
2: <label for="project_name">Name:</label>
3: <%= f.text_field :name %>
4: </p>
5:
6: <p>

```

+++++++

Here is a snippet from the \_form.rhtml file

Name: \<%= f.text\_field :name %\>

Description: \<%= f.text\_area :description %\>

+++++++++++

After seeing this error I thought I would set the name parameter in  
the mock object. After doing so the test failed again, but because  
the description was not set.

1. Yet another question

* * *

Is there some crazy bugs with the setup scripts?

I have found for the second time that the required files within the  
script/ folder, as well as the spec\_helper.rb and spec\_opts, are never  
created. Luckily for me I had one or two test projects that used on  
of the older versions of rSpec so I was able to copy them over.

I can’t see something like this not being fixed, so is it just me?

1. And finally

* * *

- I created a simple Person model with rspec\_model and a person  
controller with rspec\_controller.
- The person model was created with one field: name:string
- There is no additional code within the person model class.

I then run the tests expecting everything to pass but I get one error  
thrown saying that the person model is invalid.

+++++  
ActiveRecord::StatementInvalid in ‘Person should be valid’  
ActiveRecord::StatementInvalid  
./spec/models/person\_spec.rb:5:in `new’  
./spec/models/person\_spec.rb:5:  
script/spec:4:

+++++  
require File.dirname( **FILE** ) + ‘/…/spec\_helper’

describe Person do  
before(:each) do  
@person = Person.new  
end

it “should be valid” do  
@person.should be\_valid  
end  
end  
+++++

Any ideas?

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![chrisolsen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@chrisolsen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/chrisolsen)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2007, 12:25am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problems-with-rspec/116813/2 "2007-10-10T00:25:35Z")

</div>

Sorry if I am stating the obvious here, but my comments are  
interleaved. Also, consider joining the rspec Google Group.

> 1. First question
> 
> * * *
> 
> I am getting this error when running my tests:  
> …  
> b spec/views/projects/index.rhtml\_spec.rb spec/views/projects/  
> new.rhtml\_spec.rb  
> /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.4.2/lib/  
> active\_support/dependencies.rb:266:in `load\_missing\_constant’:  
> uninitialized constant ProjectsHelper (NameError)

Is the name ProjectHelper or ProjectsHelper?

> The first time I saw this I figured I would just get everything  
> working by commenting out the  
> +++  
> include ProjectHelper  
> +++

> 1. Next question.
> 
> * * *
> 
> When I run the tests I get the following error for one of the auto-  
> created tests, and cannot figure out why it is throwing it.
> 
> describe “/projects/new.rhtml” do  
> before do  
> @project = mock\_model(Project)  
> @project.stub!(:new\_record?).and\_return(true)  
> @project.stub!(:name).and\_return(‘bob dylan’)  
> end  
> 3: \<%= f.text\_field :name %\>
> 
> I can’t see something like this not being fixed, so is it just me?  
> script/generate rspec

> 1. And finally
> 
> * * *
> 
> - I created a simple Person model with rspec\_model and a person  
> controller with rspec\_controller.
> - The person model was created with one field: name:string
> - There is no additional code within the person model class.
> 
> I then run the tests expecting everything to pass but I get one error  
> thrown saying that the person model is invalid.

Are you sure your test database is set up correctly?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![chrisolsen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@chrisolsen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/chrisolsen)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2007, 12:59am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problems-with-rspec/116813/3 "2007-10-10T00:59:01Z")

</div>

There is another script that I have to run? 🙂 (Elevator music…) I  
ran it and that answers the file missing question.

\*\* For the Person validation issues, it seems the problem was that I  
had my tests running from a sqlite3 database with the database set  
to :memory:. After changing this to a file all the base tests now  
pass.

As for the first problem listed, I typed the project controller wrong  
when posting as it should be ProjectsController, but I do have the  
correct version of it within the code.

$ rake spec  
(in /Users/chrisolsen/Projects/Rails/Portfolio/trunk)  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.4.2/lib/  
active\_support/dependencies.rb:266:in `load_missing_constant': uninitialized constant ProjectsHelper (NameError) from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.4.2/lib/ active_support/dependencies.rb:452:in`const\_missing’

## helpers/projects\_helper\_spec.rb

require File.dirname( **FILE** ) + ‘/…/spec\_helper’

## describe ProjectsHelper do # Helper methods can be called directly in the examples (it blocks) end

BTW I did search for a google rspec group, but one didn’t seem to turn  
up, I swear 🙂

Thanks for the help

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![chrisolsen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@chrisolsen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/chrisolsen)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2007, 9:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problems-with-rspec/116813/4 "2007-10-10T21:35:46Z")

</div>

Does anyone know why I am having these class issues?