it's a development dependency. We didn't want you to need to install
webrat for deployment.
Gem install merb --development
On 11/10/08, mike jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Sorry I wrote that email in a bit of a hurry.
>
> I upgrade from 0.9.13 of merb to 1.0 and I couldnt run the tests for
> my application.
> It turned out that it was because webrat wasn't installed, and it was
> failing silently.
>
> So my question really was if webrat is required to run the specs for
> my application why is it installed by default?
>
> $ gem -v
> 1.3.1
>
> Tah
>
> On Nov 10, 2:11 pm, "Yehuda Katz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Interesting. Webrat is required for testing, but it shouldn't have been
>> required for merb -i. We should get some docs on the wiki about how to get
>> webrat up and running on platforms that have more complex nokogiri
>> requirements.
>> The rationale for using webrat for testing, btw, was to provide a very
>> good,
>> integrated solution for testing that worked well with Merb's request spec
>> helpers. As a result, you can easily do things like:
>>
>> request("/some/path")
>> resp = click_link("Some link")
>> resp.should have_selector("p:contains(foo)")
>> fill_in "Label Text", :with => "Contents"
>> resp = click_button "Button Text"
>> resp.should have_selector("h1:contains(Success)")
>>
>> Using nokogiri should make these sorts of tests fast and efficient, and
>> using rspec should allow you to easily divide the tests (using rspec's
>> nested contexts) so you can have many scenarios that use shared setup
>> logic.
>>
>> Out of curiosity, what version of Rubygems are you running?
>>
>> -- Yehuda
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 7:12 AM, mike jones
>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> > Already a know bug I see
>>
>> >http://merb.lighthouseapp.com/projects/7433/tickets/986-webrat-is-req...
>>
>> > On Nov 10, 11:44 am, mike jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> > wrote:
>> > > It seems so because the tests wont run with out it buts its not
>> > > installed when install merb.
>> > > Cheers
>> > > Mike
>>
>> --
>> Yehuda Katz
>> Developer | Engine Yard
>> (ph) 718.877.1325
> >
>
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Yehuda Katz
Developer | Engine Yard
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