On 21 Nov 2008, at 18:18, Nick Hoffman wrote:
I'm trying to write specs for a helper method that I'm creating, but
my specs are failing to find the helper method
# app/helpers/properties_helper.rb
module PropertiesHelper
def format_utilities(utilities)
end
end
# spec/helpers/properties_helper_spec.rb
require File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../spec_helper')
describe PropertiesHelper do
describe '#format_utilities' do
it 'should format a utilities value' do
format_utilities(nil).should == 'Unknown'
Here, try
helper.format_utilities(nil).should == 'Unknown'
end
end
end
The error that's occuring is:
NoMethodError in 'PropertiesHelper#format_utilities should format a
utilities value'
undefined method `format_utilities' for
#<
Spec
::Rails
::Example::HelperExampleGroup::Subclass_1::Subclass_1:0x22a121c>
/Users/nick/src/housing-rentals/vendor/plugins/factories-and-workers/
lib/factories-and-workers/factory_builder.rb:36:in `method_missing'
./spec/helpers/properties_helper_spec.rb:7:
script/spec:4:
As far as I can tell, my specs match what was recommended back in
March 2008 in this thread:
http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/145723
I don't know about that thread - I wasn't using RSpec at the time, but
certainly the way I've always done it is use HelperExampleGroup.helper
to call the helper module. This is backed up by the docs:
http://rspec.info/documentation/rails/writing/helpers.html
HTH,
Matt
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