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When to use let, let! and before in RSpecPublic09 Jul 15:42
When to use let, let! and before.
let
When we want to set a variable that we will later use in the examples.
let(:user) { create :user }
it 'does something to user' do
do_something_to_user(user) # user is initialized here (for example the record is created)
expect(user).to be_stuff
end
it 'is tricky' do
expect(User.count).to eq(0) # we never called `user` so it's not created in this example
end
let!
When we want to set a variable that we will later use in the examples, BUT we want to initialize it right away.
let!(:user) { create :user }
it 'does something to user' do
do_something_to_users(User.all) # We used let!, so the user already exists
expect(user).to be_stuff
end
it 'is less tricky' do
expect(User.count).to eq(1) # the user was created before the example
end
before
There is a problem in the last example. We use let! and assign user to a variable, but we never use it.
This pollutes our namespace with unneeded names and makes our tests harder to understand.
If you don’t need access to the variable, simply use before.
before { create_list :user, 10 }
it 'is simple and clear' do
expect(User.count).to eq(10)
end
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