spec helper example w/ spork

spec_helper.rb

require 'rubygems'
require 'spork'
require 'faker'
begin
  require 'simplecov'
  SimpleCov.start 'rails' do
    add_filter "/rocket_pants/"
  end
rescue LoadError => e
  puts 'SimpleCov not available, skipping coverage...'
end
Spork.prefork do
  ENV['RAILS_ENV'] ||= 'test'
  require_relative '../config/environment'
  require 'rspec/rails'
  require 'rspec/autorun'
  require 'capybara/rspec'
  require 'capybara/rails'

  # Require all of the RSpec Support libraries
  require_relative 'support/support'
  require_relative 'support/controller_macros'
  require_relative 'support/devise'
  require 'draper/test/rspec_integration'

  #simpleCov

  begin
    require 'simplecov'
    SimpleCov.start 'rails' do
      add_filter "/rocket_pants/"
    end
  rescue LoadError => e
    puts 'SimpleCov not available, skipping coverage...'
  end

  RSpec.configure do |config|
    # Bring in the Mailer Macros
    # config.include MailerMacros
    config.tty = true
    config.include RocketPants::TestHelper,    :type => :controller
    config.include RocketPants::RSpecMatchers, :type => :controller
    config.extend  VCR::RSpec::Macros
    # Bring in the Mongoid matchers
    #config.include Mongoid::Matchers

    # Reset all emails before each run
    # config.before(:each) { reset_email }
  end
  require 'vcr'
  VCR.configure do |c|
    c.cassette_library_dir = Rails.root.join('spec', 'fixtures')
    c.hook_into :webmock
    c.default_cassette_options = { :record => :new_episodes }
    c.preserve_exact_body_bytes do |http_message|
      http_message.body.encoding.name == 'ASCII-8BIT' || !http_message.body.valid_encoding?
    end
  end
end

Spork.each_run {
  # Hack to ensure models get reloaded by Spork - remove as soon as this is fixed in Spork.
  # Silence warnings to avoid all the 'warning: already initialized constant' messages that
  # appear for constants defined in the models.
  silence_warnings do
    Dir["#{Rails.root}/app/models/**/*.rb"].each {|f| load f}
  end
}