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Ruby Build a Todo List Application with Rails 4 Build a Todo List Application with Rails 4 Write Our First Tests

Posted by Andreas Daiminger
Andreas Daiminger
Courses Plus Student 406 Points

error when running bin/rspec spec/features/todo_lists/create_spec.rb

Why do I get this error message?

adai183 (master *) odot $ bin/rspec spec/features/todo_lists/create_spec.rb /Users/adai183/treehouse/projects/odot/spec/features/todo_lists/create_spec.rb:1:in require': cannot load such file -- spec helper (LoadError) from /Users/adai183/treehouse/projects/odot/spec/features/todo_lists/create_spec.rb:1:in<top (required)>' from /Users/adai183/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.2.1/gems/rspec-core-2.99.2/lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb:1065:in load' from /Users/adai183/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.2.1/gems/rspec-core-2.99.2/lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb:1065:inblock in load_spec_files' from /Users/adai183/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.2.1/gems/rspec-core-2.99.2/lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb:1065:in each' from /Users/adai183/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.2.1/gems/rspec-core-2.99.2/lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb:1065:inload_spec_files' from /Users/adai183/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.2.1/gems/rspec-core-2.99.2/lib/rspec/core/command_line.rb:18:in run' from /Users/adai183/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.2.1/gems/rspec-core-2.99.2/lib/rspec/core/runner.rb:103:inrun' from /Users/adai183/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.2.1/gems/rspec-core-2.99.2/lib/rspec/core/runner.rb:17:in `block in autorun'

2 Answers

Seth Reece
Seth Reece
32,867 Points

Hi Andreas,

Your error says create_spec.rb couldn't find 'spec helper'. It looks like you are missing an underscore in the file name. Should be 

require 'spec_helper'
Andreas Daiminger
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Andreas Daiminger
Courses Plus Student 406 Points
Andreas Daiminger
Andreas Daiminger
Courses Plus Student 406 Points

Thanx! That did the job!!