[rspec-users] Reusing Spec''s

Ken Egervari
Wed, 18 May 2011 15:23:32 -0000

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
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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