Running Tests

Running Tests

• Make sure Solr is running (it usually starts automatically when you boot Vagrant):

    rake sunspot:solr:start
  

• Setup database and test environment:

    rake app:reset
  

• Unit tests:

    bundle exec rake spec
  

• Cucumber tests:

    # Run all cucumber tests
    bundle exec rake cucumber:all
  
    # Run headless tests
    bundle exec rake cucumber:headless
  
    # Run browser tests
    bundle exec rake cucumber:browser
  

Test Organization

Tests are split into:

• RSpec - Unit Tests. Use these for testing all sorts of crazy combinations, all possible edge cases, and testing units of code (functions/methods)
  • Related gems: RSpec, FactoryGirl
  • Related folders: spec/
• Cucumber - Use these for testing User Flows - end to end scenarios that touch upon multiple functionality. Don't use these for trivial tests, try using the Unit tests instead.
  • Cucumber Headless - These are tests that don't involve any Javascript, so they can be run with simple HTTP GET/POST (curl-style) requests, and can be verified by inspecting the response.
  • Cucumber Browser - These tests run Javascript (such as dropdowns, dialogs, etc), and thus need a running browser environment, in our case Firefox.
  • API Tests - These test the public JSON API
  • Related gems: Cucumber, Capybara, json_spec
  • Related folders: features/