[rspec-users] Reusing Spec''s

Justin Ko
Wed, 18 May 2011 20:06:47 -0000

On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 10:23 AM, Ken Egervari <ken.egervari at
gmail.com>wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Is there any way to reuse spec definitions, perhaps through some kind of
> inheritance?
>
> For example, in rails, every time it generates a Spec I must tell it to
>
> 1) Include Devise::TestHelpers
>

you can do:

RSpec.configuration do |config|
  config.include Devise::TestHelpers, :type => :controller
end

This will include it in all of your controllers.


> 2) Log the user in, so there is a default user setup before each test is
> run. This is common for 95% of my controllers and doesn''t seem
very DRY to
> me.
> 3) Other types of things that end up requiring setup
>
> In Java (my main language), I could put all of this in a base class and
> just extend it... but I don''t know how to do that with a describe
block.
>
> Is there a mechanism for dealing with this? Do I need to include a module
> that includes the devise helpers and whatever else I need it to do?
>
> Thanks
>
> Ken
>
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