[rspec-users] Reusing Spec''s

David Chelimsky
Wed, 18 May 2011 15:29:17 -0000

On May 18, 2011, at 11:23 AM, Ken Egervari 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
> 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?


Take a look at shared context: