Ruby on Rails

Question 1

Using a web API

Answer 1

1. Construct a URI request using URI class.
2. Issue the request using Net::HTTP
3. Parse the XML response

Question 2

RSpec specfile example

Answer 2

require ‘spec_helper’

describe MovieController do
  describe 'searching TMDb' do
    ...
  end
end

Question 3

Testing a spec file

Answer 3

1. Manually type ‘rspec spec/controllers/xxx_controller_spec.rb’
2. Use ‘autotest’ tool: Once you type ‘autotest’, then whenever you update a file, the RSpec will update the test results.

Question 4

Setting up RSpec

Answer 4

1. The following two lines must be added in Gemfile
   gem ‘ZenTest’
   gem ‘rspec-rails’
2. Type ‘bundle install’ as usual.
3. Before using Rspec, you must do ‘rails generate rspec:install’. This is just a one-time thing, and will generate the necessary directories/files.