test_helper.rb

# load your libs
Dir[File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__),"../gems/*/lib")].each { |f| $LOAD_PATH << f }

# add all my app files to the load path so I can require 'app_file_name' 
# note that this assumes all your code lives in dirs one level up from test
# if you have many subdirectories you can use a glob like "../**/*" to get all subdirs

Dir[File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__),"../*")].each {|f| $LOAD_PATH << f }

require 'test/unit'
require 'shoulda'
require 'flexmock'
require 'flexmock/test_unit'