On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 7:51 PM, Ben Mabey <b...@benmabey.com> wrote: > Rodrigo Flores wrote: >> >> Hi >> >> I'm reading the rspec book and I'm having problems when I require the file >> 'spec/stubs/cucumber'. When I go to an IRB prompt and type require >> 'spec/stubs/cucumber' after requiring another libraries [1] I get the false >> in 'spec/expectations' and an error in 'spec/stubs/cucumber'. The error >> message is [2]. Any ideas? I'm using rspec 1.2.8. >> >> >> Thanks in advance >> >> >> >> >> [1] >> >> require 'rubygems' >> require 'spec' >> require 'spec/expectations' >> require 'spec/stubs/cucumber' >> >> [2] >> NoMethodError: undefined method `Before' for main:Object >> from >> /home/rodrigo/.gem/ruby/1.8/gems/rspec-1.2.8/lib/spec/stubs/cucumber.rb:3 >> from /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in >> `gem_original_require' >> from /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in >> `require' >> from (irb):9 >> from :0 >> > > That file is only meant to be used when running Cucumber. So you would > place the require in your features/support/env.rb file for example. Without > having Cucumber loaded first the Before method will not be defined and the > above error is expected. > > If you are just wanting to play around with rspec matchers in IRB then the > top three requires is all you will need. So, you could say: > > require 'rubygems' > require 'spec' > require 'spec/expectations' > > 42.should == 42
FYI - if you want access to all the matchers: require 'rubygems' require 'spec/expectations' include Spec::Matchers 42.should be(42) > > HTH, > Ben > _______________________________________________ > rspec-users mailing list > rspec-users@rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users > _______________________________________________ rspec-users mailing list rspec-users@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users
