[rspec-users] Executing multiple rspec scripts

[Jim Morris]

Another way to do it instead of the Rake method is what I do...

I create a suite.rb in the spec folder with this...

# suite.rb - run all my tests in this folder and below
if __FILE__ == $0
   dir = File.dirname(__FILE__)
   tests= Dir["#{dir}/**/test_*.rb"] # anything named test_*.rb
   tests.concat Dir["#{dir}/**/*_spec.rb"] # anything named *_spec.rb

   # add additional tests that don;t follow conventional naming schemes
   %w(anotherfile, onemorefile).each do |f|
     tests << File.join(dir, f) + ".rb"
   end

   puts "Testing: #{tests.join(', ')}"

   tests.each do |file|
     load file, true
   end
end


then you can run all your tests via...

 > ruby suite.rb

You could also use require instead of load, but I use nasty globals in my tests and I believe the 
load doesn't carry over globals.

YMMV


Robert Stagner wrote:
> Actually, I'm a member of the QA team (limited development experience).  
> So, we are attempting to use RSpec without rails.  What is Rake?  Near 
> the end of your response, you list a way of running multiple spec files 
> by creating a spec task. Since, I'm not a developer, could you please 
> provide me with a clear example on how to do this? Or, if there is an 
> alternative method on doing this, please let me know. Thanks again.
> 
> My current setup is:
> 
> 1 spec file that relies on accessing a module of classes to perform 
> Watir web app testing.  I've included a sample of the code below
> 
> describe LoginWelcomeScreen do
>   describe "using IE Explorer" do
>     before(:each) do
>       @login = LoginWelcomeScreen.new(IEWebBrowser.instance) 
>     end
>    
>     it "should support a username text field" do
>       @login.test_username_field.should be_an_instance_of(Watir::TextField)
>     end
>  
>     it "should support a password text field" do
>       @login.test_password_field.should 
> be_an_instance_of(Watir::TextField)   
>     end
> .
> .
> .
> .
> end
> 
> 
> On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 8:17 PM, Ben Mabey <ben at benmabey.com 
> <mailto:ben at benmabey.com>> wrote:
> 
>     Robert Stagner wrote:
> 
>         I'm new to RSpec.  I've just installed the gem and begun
>         experimenting with developing several scripts. From what I've
>         seen thus far, it looks like it will aid our QA team in testing
>         many web applications.  Is there a way to execute multiple rspec
>         test scripts from one central file?
> 
>         -- 
>         Regards,
>         Robert
> 
> 
>     Robert,
>     Welcome to rspec!  There are a number of ways you can do this.  You can
>     do it with the command line:
>     spec spec/*_spec.rb
> 
>     The way it is generally done is by using a rake task however...
>     Are you using rails?  If so.. have you run "./script/generate rspec"?
>     That will install a spec task for you so you just have to type "rake
>     spec" to run all of your specs.
> 
>     If you are in a normal ruby app then you can create your own spec task
>     by putting this in your Rakefile or tasks dir:
> 
>      require 'rubygems'
>      require 'spec'
>      require 'spec/rake/spectask'
> 
>     desc "Run the specs under spec/models"
>     Spec::Rake::SpecTask.new do |t|
>      t.spec_files = FileList['spec/*_spec.rb']
>     end
> 
>     If you provide more information on what your setup is we could help
>     more.
> 
>     -Ben
>     http://benmabey.com
> 
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> 
> -- 
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> Robert
> 
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