rspec users - Apr 2012 - using rspec in a non-rails environment

My folder structure is as follows:

/myapp/
/myapp/lib/class1.rb

/myapp/rspec/spec_helper.rb
/myapp/rspec/lib/class1_spec.rb

My spec_helper has:

require ''rubygems''
require ''rspec''

RSpec.configure do |config|
end


My class1_spec.rb has:

require ''spec_helper''
require ''../../lib/class1''

describe Class1 do
  it "should do something"
end


How do I require my class1 correct, when I run:

rspec spec/lib/class1_spec.rb I am getting:

1.9.1/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:in `require'': cannot load such file
--
../../lib/class1.rb (LoadError)

Also, in a non-rails app, what kind of things do you put in the spec_helper
normally? any popular config settings that I should know about?

thanks!
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On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 12:26 PM, S Ahmed <sahmed1020 at gmail.com>
wrote:
> My folder structure is as follows:
>
> /myapp/
> /myapp/lib/class1.rb
>
> /myapp/rspec/spec_helper.rb
> /myapp/rspec/lib/class1_spec.rb
>
> My spec_helper has:
>
> require ''rubygems''
^^ If you''ve installed rspec as a gem and you''re running the
rspec
command, you don''t need to require ''rubygems''. ^^
> require ''rspec''
^^ This should be ''rspec/autorun''. ^^
>
> RSpec.configure do |config|
> end
This ^^ is not necessary unless you''re using it
> My class1_spec.rb has:
>
> require ''spec_helper''
> require ''../../lib/class1''
>
> describe Class1 do
> ? it "should do something"
> end
>
>
> How do I require my class1 correct, when I run:
>
> rspec spec/lib/class1_spec.rb I am getting:
>
> 1.9.1/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:in `require'': cannot load such
file --
> ../../lib/class1.rb (LoadError)
RSpec adds ''lib'' to the LOAD_PATH, so you can just `require
"class1"`,
but it''s conventional to do this in spec_helper.rb instead.

HTH,
David

> Also, in a non-rails app, what kind of things do you put in the spec_helper
> normally? any popular config settings that I should know about?
>
> thanks!

ok have to lookup what rspec/autorun does as oppose to just ''require
"rspec"''

thanks, it is now working :)  feels good!  I''ve always been tied to
rails,
seems like I was spoiled and not sure how to do basic things in ruby....

On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 1:42 PM, David Chelimsky <dchelimsky at
gmail.com>wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 12:26 PM, S Ahmed <sahmed1020 at gmail.com>
wrote:
> > My folder structure is as follows:
> >
> > /myapp/
> > /myapp/lib/class1.rb
> >
> > /myapp/rspec/spec_helper.rb
> > /myapp/rspec/lib/class1_spec.rb
> >
> > My spec_helper has:
> >
> > require ''rubygems''
>
> ^^ If you''ve installed rspec as a gem and you''re running
the rspec
> command, you don''t need to require ''rubygems''.
^^
>
> > require ''rspec''
>
> ^^ This should be ''rspec/autorun''. ^^
>
> >
> > RSpec.configure do |config|
> > end
>
> This ^^ is not necessary unless you''re using it
>
> > My class1_spec.rb has:
> >
> > require ''spec_helper''
> > require ''../../lib/class1''
> >
> > describe Class1 do
> >   it "should do something"
> > end
> >
> >
> > How do I require my class1 correct, when I run:
> >
> > rspec spec/lib/class1_spec.rb I am getting:
> >
> > 1.9.1/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:in `require'': cannot load
such file
> --
> > ../../lib/class1.rb (LoadError)
>
> RSpec adds ''lib'' to the LOAD_PATH, so you can just
`require "class1"`,
> but it''s conventional to do this in spec_helper.rb instead.
>
> HTH,
> David
>
>
> > Also, in a non-rails app, what kind of things do you put in the
> spec_helper
> > normally? any popular config settings that I should know about?
> >
> > thanks!
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