Thanks guys, that makes sense. I'm definitely focusing too much on
the new element (RSpec) and too little on the basic architecture!
On Mar 3, 7:18 am, Ethan <notet...@gmail.com> wrote:
> You're defining the @countries instance variable outside of any method.
> You're making @countries an instance variable of whatever 'self' is in the
> describe block (which appears to be a class or a module), which is not the
> same thing that your methods are being called on (presumably an instance of
> that class or a class including that module). If you want 'countries' to be
> the same across all instances of the class, use a class variable. If you
> want it to be the same throughout the program, use a global. If it should be
> per-instance, use an instance variable defined in some method of the class
> (#initialize, most likely).
>
> On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 16:11, Adam Reed <reed.a...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > This script works, but only if I explicitly define the array that I'm
> > iterating over (][countryname, url]].each do, rather than
> > @countries.each do). In a nutshell, the script goes to a static page,
> > collects the links, visits each linked page and verifies an item - it
> > has been significantly dumbed down for the purpose of this question
> > and I have tested this simplified version to make sure it gives the
> > same output.
>
> > Can someone help me understand why my array here (@countries) is not
> > recognized? I tried to instantiate it as a global variable
> > ($countries) and it still was not recognized. Is it an issue with my
> > organization/format, or something else?
>
> > **** Again, if I explicitly describe an array in place of the
> > variable, the script works ****.
>
> > global_page_spec.rb
> > $LOAD_PATH.unshift File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..') if $0 ==
> > __FILE__
> > require 'helpers/example_helper'
>
> > describe "The country page for" do
> > include ExHelper
>
> > before(:all) do
> > setup
> > collect_global_countries
> > end
>
> > �...@countries.each do |name, link|
> > describe name do
> > it "should contain the word #{name} in the title" do
> > �...@browser.goto link
> > �...@browser.div(:id, /content-content/).text.should include(name)
> > end #it
> > end #desc
> > end #countries
>
> > after(:all) do
> > teardown
> > end #after
> > end #spec
>
> > example_helper.rb
> > $LOAD_PATH.unshift File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..') if $0 ==
> > __FILE__
> > require 'helpers/global_helper'
>
> > module ExHelper
> > include GlobalHelper
>
> > def setup
> > �...@browser = Watir::Browser.new
> > �...@browser.add_checker lambda {|b| b.text.should_not include('The
> > requested page could not be found.')}
> > end # setup
>
> > def collect_global_countries
> > �...@countries = Array.new
> > �...@countries.should be_empty
>
> > �...@browser.goto "http://www.#{$env}.com/global";
> > �...@browser.table(:class, /global-list/).links.each do |link|
> > �...@countries << [link.text, link.href]
> > end #links
>
> > �...@countries.should_not be_empty
>
> > def teardown
> > �...@browser.close
> > end # teardown
> > end #module
>
> > The Error:
>
> > global_page_spec.rb:12: undefined method `each' for nil:NilClass
> > (NoMethodError)
> > from C:/Ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rspec-1.3.0/lib/spec/example/
> > example_group_methods.rb:183:in `module_eval'
> > from C:/Ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rspec-1.3.0/lib/spec/example/
> > example_group_methods.rb:183:in `subclass'
> > from C:/Ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rspec-1.3.0/lib/spec/example/
> > example_group_methods.rb:55:in `describe'
> > from C:/Ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rspec-1.3.0/lib/spec/example/
> > example_group_factory.rb:31:in `create_example_group'
> > from
> > C:/Ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rspec-1.3.0/lib/spec/dsl/main.rb:
> > 28:in `describe'
> > from global_page_spec.rb:4
>
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