RSpec, Capybara, DatabaseCleaner

README.md

Rails Application With RSpec, Capybara, Jasmine, DatabaseCleaner

Database Cleaner is configured to use transactions for non-request tests for speed but uses database truncation on request (acceptance) tests for compatibility with capybara's use of a separate ruby thread to run tests in.

Gemfile

source 'http://rubygems.org'

gem 'rails'
gem 'ejs'
gem 'i18n-js', :git => 'git://github.com/fnando/i18n-js.git'
gem 'jquery-rails'
gem 'airbrake'
gem 'thin'

group :assets do
  gem 'sass-rails',   '~> 3.2.4'
  gem 'uglifier', '>= 1.0.3'
end

group :development, :test do
  gem 'rspec-rails'
  gem 'jasmine', :git => 'git://github.com/pivotal/jasmine-gem.git'
end

group :test do
  gem 'capybara'
  gem 'webmock'
  gem 'timecop'
  gem 'factory_girl_rails'
  gem 'database_cleaner'
  gem 'headless'
end

request_helper.rb

module RequestHelper
  extend ActiveSupport::Concern

  included do
    metadata[:js] = true
  end

  def sign_in(user)
    visit "/users/sign_in"

    fill_in I18n.t("sessions.new.email"), :with => user.email
    fill_in I18n.t("sessions.new.password"), :with => user.password
    click_button I18n.t("sessions.new.sign_in")
  end

  def reload_page
    visit current_path
  end

  def within_header
    within "#header" do
      yield
    end
  end

  def within_overlay
    within "#overlay" do
      yield
    end
  end

  def expect_path(path)
    wait_until { current_path == path }
    current_path.should == path
  rescue Capybara::TimeoutError
    flunk "Waiting for current path to equal #{path}, Timed out."
  end
end

spec_helper.rb

ENV["RAILS_ENV"] ||= 'test'
require_relative "../config/environment"
require 'rspec/rails'
require 'rspec/autorun'
require 'capybara/rspec'
require 'rspec/expectations'
require 'webmock/rspec'

Dir[Rails.root.join("spec/support/**/*.rb")].each {|f| require f}

RSpec.configure do |config|
  config.mock_with :rspec

  config.use_transactional_fixtures = false

  config.infer_base_class_for_anonymous_controllers = false

  # define modules in spec/support and include it for all :type tests
  config.include RequestHelper, :type => :request

  config.before(:suite) do
    DatabaseCleaner.strategy = :transaction
    DatabaseCleaner.clean_with :truncation
  end

  config.before(:each) do
    if example.metadata[:js]
      DatabaseCleaner.strategy = :truncation
    else
      DatabaseCleaner.start
    end

    load Rails.root.join('db', 'seeds.rb')

    WebMock.disable_net_connect!(:allow_localhost => true)
  end

  config.after(:each) do
    WebMock.allow_net_connect!
    Timecop.return

    DatabaseCleaner.clean
    if example.metadata[:js]
      DatabaseCleaner.strategy = :transaction
    end
  end
end