When let is called in Rspec

[tomoyukikashiro]

---

date: 2015-05-12
title: When let is called in Rspec
slug: when-let-syntax-is-called-in-rspec
lang: en-US
tags: [TDD,rails,rspec,test]

Outline

When let / let! syntax is called in Rspec. ?

let

Use let to define a memoized helper method and you can execute it when you want to do.
But it can be called once in example.

let!

It is similar to let.
It force the method's invocation before each example.
(let! is similar to before)

Example

require 'rails_helper'

describe "let spec example" do

  let(:let_sample_1) { p "let sample 1" }

  it "" do
    let_sample_1 # print "let sample 1"
    let_sample_1 # dose not print "let sample 1"
  end

  context "" do
    count = []
    let!(:let_sample_2) { count.push(1) }
    it "" do
      p count # [1]
      p count # [1]
    end
    it "" do
      p count # [1, 1]
      p count # [1, 1]
    end
    context "" do
      it "" do
        p count # [1, 1, 1]
      end
    end
  end

end