[rspec-users] Attempting to speed up my controller specs: using before all fails?

[nathanvda]

Nobody?

On Oct 11, 1:05 pm, nathanvda <nathan... at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have a simple controller test, containing a.o. the following code:
>
>     context "POST :create" do
>       before (:each) do
>         post :create, :user_id => @user.id,
>              :account => { .. some data ... }
>       end
>       it { response.status.should == 201 }
>       it { response.location.should be_present }
>     end
>
> Now I thought of a very simple way to speed up this test, and to use a
> `before(:all)` instead of a `before(:each)`. In that case the POST
> would only be done once.
>
> So i wrote:
>
>     context "POST :create" do
>       before (:all) do
>         post :create, :user_id => @user.id,
>              :account => { .. some data ... }
>       end
>       it { response.status.should == 201 }
>       it { response.location.should be_present }
>     end
>
> But then I get the following errors:
>
>      RuntimeError:
>        @routes is nil: make sure you set it in your test's setup
> method.
>
> Is this by design? Is there a way to circumvent it?
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