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David Kahn

2010-Sep-15 20:49 UTC

Getting specific error info from Cucumber?

Hi all.... I have just gotten started with Cucumber and excited about it.
But am hitting a problem where I have scenarios failing but the output seems
almost useless - all it does is tell me which scenarios failed but not where
in the scenario it failed. How does one go about figuring out where things
are going wrong? Is there a verbose option?

For example on this failing (and very simple) scenario (which I can not
remove enough steps to get it to pass):

Feature: Login logout of system

  Scenario: Login
    When I am on the login page
    Then I should see "Lender Login"

When I ''rake cucumber'' it fails, I have no idea if the problem
is syntax,
routes, something with capybara, data (well not in this case), or just that
my app does not work. I know I can go to a browser and get this page to load
so I know it is not the latter.

I am not concerned with this specific example per se but to any hints as to
a working strategy to troubleshoot scenarios under Cucumber and be able to
move past failures.

Thanks,

David

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Marnen Laibow-Koser

2010-Sep-15 22:06 UTC

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Re: Getting specific error info from Cucumber?

David Kahn wrote:> Hi all.... I have just gotten started with Cucumber and excited about 
> it.
> But am hitting a problem where I have scenarios failing but the output 
> seems
> almost useless - all it does is tell me which scenarios failed but not 
> where
> in the scenario it failed. How does one go about figuring out where 
> things
> are going wrong? Is there a verbose option?
You know, if you''re going to complain about the output, the least you 
could do is show us the output you''re getting... :)
> 
> For example on this failing (and very simple) scenario (which I can not
> remove enough steps to get it to pass):
That suggests a Cucumber setup issue.
> 
> Feature: Login logout of system
> 
>   Scenario: Login
>     When I am on the login page
>     Then I should see "Lender Login"
> 
> When I ''rake cucumber'' it fails,
Fails how?  What do you see?

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David Kahn

2010-Sep-15 22:35 UTC

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Re: Re: Getting specific error info from Cucumber?

> You know, if you''re going to complain about the output, the least
you
> could do is show us the output you''re getting... :)
Here goes:

/Users/DK/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.8.7-p174/bin/ruby -I
"/Users/DK/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p174/gems/cucumber-0.8.5/lib:lib"
"/Users/DK/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p174/gems/cucumber-0.8.5/bin/cucumber"
--profile default
Using the default profile...
F-----F--

Failing Scenarios:
cucumber features/create_comparison.feature:6 # Scenario: Comparisons List
cucumber features/login_logout.feature:3 # Scenario: Login

2 scenarios (2 failed)
7 steps (7 skipped)
0m0.042s
rake aborted!
Command failed with status (1):
[/Users/DK/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.8.7-p174/bin/...]

(See full trace by running task with --trace)
DKMac:creditcompare DK$


On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 5:06 PM, Marnen Laibow-Koser
<lists-fsXkhYbjdPsEEoCn2XhGlw@public.gmane.org>wrote:
> David Kahn wrote:
> > Hi all.... I have just gotten started with Cucumber and excited about
> > it.
> > But am hitting a problem where I have scenarios failing but the output
> > seems
> > almost useless - all it does is tell me which scenarios failed but not
> > where
> > in the scenario it failed. How does one go about figuring out where
> > things
> > are going wrong? Is there a verbose option?
>
> You know, if you''re going to complain about the output, the least
you
> could do is show us the output you''re getting... :)
>
> >
> > For example on this failing (and very simple) scenario (which I can
not
> > remove enough steps to get it to pass):
>
> That suggests a Cucumber setup issue.
>
> >
> > Feature: Login logout of system
> >
> >   Scenario: Login
> >     When I am on the login page
> >     Then I should see "Lender Login"
> >
> > When I ''rake cucumber'' it fails,
>
> Fails how?  What do you see?
>
> Best,
> --
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Marnen Laibow-Koser

2010-Sep-16 00:11 UTC

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Re: Re: Getting specific error info from Cucumber?

David Kahn wrote:>> You know, if you''re going to complain about the output, the
least you
>> could do is show us the output you''re getting... :)
> 
> Here goes:
> 
> /Users/DK/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.8.7-p174/bin/ruby -I
> "/Users/DK/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p174/gems/cucumber-0.8.5/lib:lib"
>
"/Users/DK/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p174/gems/cucumber-0.8.5/bin/cucumber"
> --profile default
> Using the default profile...
> F-----F--
> 
> Failing Scenarios:
> cucumber features/create_comparison.feature:6 # Scenario: Comparisons 
> List
> cucumber features/login_logout.feature:3 # Scenario: Login
> 
> 2 scenarios (2 failed)
> 7 steps (7 skipped)
> 0m0.042s
> rake aborted!
> Command failed with status (1):
> [/Users/DK/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.8.7-p174/bin/...]
That does look rather terse -- but notice that all your steps are 
showing up as skipped.  I''d say you''ve got a configuration
issue.  Check
your cucumber setup.
> 
> (See full trace by running task with --trace)
> DKMac:creditcompare DK$
> 
> 
> On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 5:06 PM, Marnen Laibow-Koser
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David Kahn

2010-Sep-16 18:50 UTC

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Re: Re: Re: Getting specific error info from Cucumber?

> That does look rather terse -- but notice that all your steps are
> showing up as skipped.  I''d say you''ve got a
configuration issue.  Check
> your cucumber setup.
So it was a configuration error, having to do with my discovery that the
config/environment/cucumber.rb environment which was missing some app
specific constants, which in turn was causing my loading of fixtures to fail
(albeit unreported).

Now another issue: I have my test::unit fixtures loading and confirmed (this
is a legacy app). However they can not seem to be accessed from the code.
This is what is in env.rb to load them:

Before do
  Fixtures.reset_cache
  fixtures_folder = File.join(RAILS_ROOT, ''test'',
''fixtures'')
  fixtures = Dir[File.join(fixtures_folder, ''*.yml'')].map {|f|
File.basename(f, ''.yml'') }
  Fixtures.create_fixtures(fixtures_folder, fixtures)
end

Then for example, in the cucumber step below, when I set the debugger, I can
find, the specific users fixture through
Fixtures.all_loaded_fixtures["users"]["sysadmin_user_one"]

But I can not get at its data (maybe you can tell me how to get at a class
attribute inside a fixture object):

(rdb:1)
Fixtures.all_loaded_fixtures["users"]["sysadmin_user_one"]
#<Fixture:0x47776a4 @model_class=User(id: integer, login: string,
first_name: string, last_name: string, email: string, role_id: integer,
hashed_password: string, salt: string, created_at: datetime, updated_at:
datetime, enabled: boolean, account_id: integer, email_upon_upload:
boolean), *@fixture={"salt"=>987654,
"created_at"=>"2010-09-16 18:13:09",
"updated_at"=>"2010-09-16 18:13:09",
"role_id"=>1033329129,
"hashed_password"=>"501d40d3a18d954855335c06bd56d47f8f5d4adc",
"id"=>1067249891, "enabled"=>true,
"last_name"=>"One",
"login"=>"sysadminone",
"email"=>"sysadminone-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org",
"first_name"=>"Sysadmin"},*

And using "users(:user_name)" as I would in Test::Unit does not work -
this
is where the step is failing.

I hope this is not as disgusting as I am making it... am I fighting the
universe (or in this case Cucumber::Rails::World) on this?

Given /^I am logged in as a sysadmin user$/ do
  user = users(:sysadmin_user_one)
  visit(''/login'')
  fill_in(''login'', user.login)
  fill_in(''password'', ''password1'')
  click_button(''Log in'')
  I should see ''Welcome Sysadmin One''
end


Thanks,

David

On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 7:11 PM, Marnen Laibow-Koser
<lists-fsXkhYbjdPsEEoCn2XhGlw@public.gmane.org>wrote:
> David Kahn wrote:
> >> You know, if you''re going to complain about the output,
the least you
> >> could do is show us the output you''re getting... :)
> >
> > Here goes:
> >
> > /Users/DK/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.8.7-p174/bin/ruby -I
> >
"/Users/DK/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p174/gems/cucumber-0.8.5/lib:lib"
> >
"/Users/DK/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p174/gems/cucumber-0.8.5/bin/cucumber"
> > --profile default
> > Using the default profile...
> > F-----F--
> >
> > Failing Scenarios:
> > cucumber features/create_comparison.feature:6 # Scenario: Comparisons
> > List
> > cucumber features/login_logout.feature:3 # Scenario: Login
> >
> > 2 scenarios (2 failed)
> > 7 steps (7 skipped)
> > 0m0.042s
> > rake aborted!
> > Command failed with status (1):
> > [/Users/DK/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.8.7-p174/bin/...]
>
> That does look rather terse -- but notice that all your steps are
> showing up as skipped.  I''d say you''ve got a
configuration issue.  Check
> your cucumber setup.
>
> >
> > (See full trace by running task with --trace)
> > DKMac:creditcompare DK$
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 5:06 PM, Marnen Laibow-Koser
>
> Best,
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Marnen Laibow-Koser

2010-Sep-16 19:23 UTC

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Re: Re: Re: Getting specific error info from Cucumber?

David Kahn wrote:>> That does look rather terse -- but notice that all your steps are
>> showing up as skipped.  I''d say you''ve got a
configuration issue.  Check
>> your cucumber setup.
> 
> So it was a configuration error, having to do with my discovery that the
> config/environment/cucumber.rb environment which was missing some app
> specific constants, which in turn was causing my loading of fixtures to 
> fail
> (albeit unreported).
> 
> Now another issue: I have my test::unit fixtures loading and confirmed 
> (this
> is a legacy app). However they can not seem to be accessed from the 
> code.
Good.  You shouldn''t be using fixtures in Cucumber -- or indeed at all.
The feature, as implemented in Rails, is broken and should be avoided at 
all costs.

Use factories instead (either Machinist or Factory Girl will work).  For 
integration of factories and Cucumber, Pickle works well.

[...]> 
> I hope this is not as disgusting as I am making it... am I fighting the
> universe (or in this case Cucumber::Rails::World) on this?
> 
> Given /^I am logged in as a sysadmin user$/ do
>   user = users(:sysadmin_user_one)
>   visit(''/login'')
>   fill_in(''login'', user.login)
>   fill_in(''password'', ''password1'')
>   click_button(''Log in'')
>   I should see ''Welcome Sysadmin One''
> end
> 
That step looks good, except for the use of fixtures.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> David
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Greg Donald

2010-Sep-16 19:26 UTC

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On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 2:23 PM, Marnen Laibow-Koser
<lists-fsXkhYbjdPsEEoCn2XhGlw@public.gmane.org>
wrote:> Good.  You shouldn''t be using fixtures in Cucumber -- or indeed at
all.
> The feature, as implemented in Rails, is broken and should be avoided at
> all costs.
Fixtures work great for me.

But if the sky is falling for you..


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David Kahn

2010-Sep-16 20:00 UTC

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Re: Re: Re: Re: Getting specific error info from Cucumber?

> On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 2:26 PM, Greg Donald
<gdonald-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Fixtures work great for me.
Greg, so you are able to load and use fixtures on cucumber on Rails3/1.9.2?
Would you mind sharing how you load them in config and access them?

David

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> On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 2:23 PM, Marnen Laibow-Koser
> <lists-fsXkhYbjdPsEEoCn2XhGlw@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > Good.  You shouldn''t be using fixtures in Cucumber -- or
indeed at all.
> > The feature, as implemented in Rails, is broken and should be avoided
at
> > all costs.
>
> Fixtures work great for me.
>
> But if the sky is falling for you..
>
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David Kahn

2010-Sep-16 20:05 UTC

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Re: Re: Re: Re: Getting specific error info from Cucumber?

Never mind. I just found this:

http://wiki.github.com/aslakhellesoy/cucumber/fixtures
Which states:

...you can access your fixture data from the database using *Model.find*.
Example to find the first User model you’d use User.find(:first).


So I was just trying to use the Test::Unit way -- users{:sysadminone), vs
User.find_by_login(''sysadminone'') -- and that was the problem.
Works right
on.



On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 3:00 PM, David Kahn
<dk-rfEMNHKVqOwNic7Bib+Ti1W1rNmOCjRP@public.gmane.org>wrote:
> > On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 2:26 PM, Greg Donald
<gdonald-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > Fixtures work great for me.
>
> Greg, so you are able to load and use fixtures on cucumber on Rails3/1.9.2?
> Would you mind sharing how you load them in config and access them?
>
> David
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 2:26 PM, Greg Donald
<gdonald-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 2:23 PM, Marnen Laibow-Koser
>> <lists-fsXkhYbjdPsEEoCn2XhGlw@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>> > Good.  You shouldn''t be using fixtures in Cucumber -- or
indeed at all.
>> > The feature, as implemented in Rails, is broken and should be
avoided at
>> > all costs.
>>
>> Fixtures work great for me.
>>
>> But if the sky is falling for you..
>>
>>
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2010-Sep-16 20:09 UTC

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Greg Donald wrote:> On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 2:23 PM, Marnen Laibow-Koser
> <lists-fsXkhYbjdPsEEoCn2XhGlw@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>> Good. �You shouldn''t be using fixtures in Cucumber -- or
indeed at all.
>> The feature, as implemented in Rails, is broken and should be avoided
at
>> all costs.
> 
> Fixtures work great for me.
Have you tried factories?  They work even better.
> 
> But if the sky is falling for you..
> 
I guess ignorance is bliss.
> 
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