Setting Up RSpec

Docker for Rails Developers — by Rob Isenberg (64 / 119)

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Now that our app is configured correctly with Compose, setting up RSpec is going to be very familiar. Let’s whiz through this quickly.

Following the instructions from rspec-rails,[41] we need to add the following to our Gemfile:

First, let’s stop our web service:

Next, we need to rebuild our image to run bundle install, and then create a new container from it:

Next we need to install RSpec, setting up its file structure:

With RSpec set up, we’re able to run the specs like so:

However, as you’d expect, this reports that we have no specs currently:

Let’s take RSpec for a proper test-drive by creating…

👈 Chapter 8 Testing in a Dockerized Environment | TOC | Our First Test 👉

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