[rspec-users] cucumber question - uninitialized constant creating object in model

[Joseph Wilk]

Tim Walker wrote:
> Sorry if this is a really basic question. Scanned the past several
> months archives, didn't see it.
>
> When I am running "cucumber features"
>
> I get the error:
>
>  "uninitialized constant Thing (NameError)"
>
> With step code being executed as...
>
> Given /^a thing consisting of "L1" $/ do
>    Thing.new
> end
>
> I understand that this probably a basic question but it's like
> cucumber isn't loading my rails environment.
>
> Many thanks in advance.
>
> T
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Sounds like your env.rb file is either not being required or it does not 
contain the rails require.

If you have a env.rb check it requires rails
@@@
...
# Sets up the Rails environment for Cucumber
ENV["RAILS_ENV"] = "test"
require File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + 
'/../../../config/environment')
...
@@@

Also make sure when you run the cucumber command that it either 
automatically (it will include siblings or below) or explicitly though a 
--require includes your env.rb

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Joseph Wilk
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