rails 3.1.rc6 + factorygirl+ devise + spec2 => undefined method `Factory' for #<RSpec::Core::ExampleGroup::-Collection of common programming errors

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my gem file looks like

source 'http://rubygems.org'
gem 'rails', '3.1.0.rc6'
gem 'sqlite3'
gem 'devise'
gem 'will_paginate'
gem 'therubyracer'
group :assets do
  gem 'sass-rails', "  ~> 3.1.0.rc"
  gem 'coffee-rails', "~> 3.1.0.rc"
  gem 'uglifier'
end
gem 'jquery-rails'

group :test do
  gem 'turn', :require => false
  gem 'rspec-rails'
  gem 'webrat'
end

group :development do
gem 'rspec-rails'
gem 'webrat'
gem 'spork'
gem 'factory_girl_rails'
gem 'capybara'
gem 'guard-rspec'
end

my factories.rb

Factory.define :user do |user|
  user.username              "ccc"
  user.email                 "[email protected]"
  user.password              "foobar"
  user.password_confirmation "foobar"
end

Factory.define :user_hero do |hero|  
  hero.supername        "superman"
  hero.association :user
end

my hero_controller_spec looks like this

require 'spec_helper'

describe HerosController do
  include Devise::TestHelpers
  render_views

  before(:each) do
    @user       = Factory(:user)
    # @request.env["devise.mapping"] = :user
    # @user = Factory.create(:user)
    sign_in @user
    @hero_attr   = {
      :supername        => "superman",
    }
  end

  it "should create a new instance with valid attributes" do
    @user.heros.create!(@hero_attr)
  end

end

My autotest or guard shows up the following message

Failures:

  1) HerosController should create a new instance with valid attributes
     Failure/Error: @user       = Factory(:user)
     NoMethodError:
       undefined method `Factory' for #
     # ./spec/controllers/heros_controller_spec.rb:8:in `block (2 levels) in '

Finished in 0.00726 seconds
1 example, 1 failure

Failed examples:

rspec ./spec/controllers/heros_controller_spec.rb:33 # HerosController should create a new instance with valid attributes

  1. in spec_helper.rb

    add the following

    require 'factory_girl'
load 'factories.rb'

  2. Try this:

    @user.HerosController.create!(@hero_attr)

    in place of:

    @user.create!(@hero_attr)

  3. Factory Girl needs to be in the test group otherwise it never gets loaded when you run your specs. Currently it’s loaded only in your development group.

Originally posted 2013-11-09 22:38:22.