Test Framework Example with RSpec

The Rspec nomenclature has progressed beyond xUnit.

• Test => Example: Marick suggests we use the term 'example' instead of 'test' to emphasise the design and documentation aspect of the artifact.
• Assertions => Expectations: Assertions is too strong a word for examples when we are describing what should happen.

Example

Create a file with the following code.

require 'rspec'
require 'watir'

browser = Watir::Browser.new

RSpec.configure do |config|
  config.before(:each) { @browser = browser }
  config.after(:suite) { browser.close unless browser.nil? }
end

describe "a simple demonstration of watir and RSpec" do
  before(:each) do
    @browser.goto("http://cukes.info/")
  end

  describe "that we have hit a valid URL" do
    it "should not return an invalid error message" do
      @browser.text.should_not include('The requested URL could not be retrieved')
    end
  end

  describe "the contents of the cukes page" do # the describe() is an example group
    it "should include aidy's name" do # the it() represents the detail that will be expressed in the code within the block
      @browser.text.should include('Aidy Lewis')
    end

    it "should not include the great Nietchzche's name" do
      @browser.text.should_not include('Frederick Nietchzche')
    end
  end
end

Run the file with:

rspec -c filename

The output will be:

...

Finished in 2.98 seconds
3 examples, 0 failures