What is the best way of speccing plugins with RSpec?

Question

I'm creating a plugin, and am looking to use RSpec so I can build it using BDD.

Is there a recommended method of doing this?

Answer 1

OK, I think I have a solution:

• Generate the plugin via script/generate plugin
• change the Rakefile, and add

require 'spec/rake/spectask'

desc 'Test the PLUGIN_NAME plugin.'
Spec::Rake::SpecTask.new(:spec) do |t|
  t.libs << 'lib'
  t.verbose = true
end

• Create a spec directory, and begin adding specs in *_spec.rb files, as normal

You can also modify the default task to run spec instead of test, too.

Answer 2

For an example of an existing plugin that uses rspec, check out the restful_authentication plugin. Maybe it will help.