Test environment for rails apps

Gemfile

group :development, :test do
 gem 'rspec-rails', '~> 2.9' # rails generate rspec:install
 gem 'factory_girl_rails'
end

group :test do
 gem 'spork-rails' # spork rspec --bootstrap
 gem 'capybara'
 gem 'launchy'
 gem 'timecop'
 gem 'shoulda-matchers'

 gem 'autotest-standalone', :require => false
 gem 'autotest-rails-pure', :require => false
 # gem 'autotest-fsevent', :require => false
 # gem 'autotest-growl', :require => false
 gem 'simplecov', :require => false
end

spec_helper.rb

require 'rubygems'
require 'spork'
#uncomment the following line to use spork with the debugger
#require 'spork/ext/ruby-debug'

Spork.prefork do
  # Loading more in this block will cause your tests to run faster. However,
  # if you change any configuration or code from libraries loaded here, you'll
  # need to restart spork for it take effect.

  require 'simplecov'
  SimpleCov.start 'rails'

  require 'rails/application'
  Spork.trap_method(Rails::Application::RoutesReloader, :reload!)

  ENV["RAILS_ENV"] ||= 'test'
  require File.expand_path("../../config/environment", __FILE__)
  require 'rspec/rails'
  require 'rspec/autorun'

  # Requires supporting ruby files with custom matchers and macros, etc,
  # in spec/support/ and its subdirectories.
  Dir[Rails.root.join("spec/support/**/*.rb")].each {|f| require f}

  RSpec.configure do |config|
    # ## Mock Framework
    #
    # If you prefer to use mocha, flexmock or RR, uncomment the appropriate line:
    #
    # config.mock_with :mocha
    # config.mock_with :flexmock
    # config.mock_with :rr

    # Remove this line if you're not using ActiveRecord or ActiveRecord fixtures
    config.fixture_path = "#{::Rails.root}/spec/fixtures"

    # If you're not using ActiveRecord, or you'd prefer not to run each of your
    # examples within a transaction, remove the following line or assign false
    # instead of true.
    config.use_transactional_fixtures = true

    # If true, the base class of anonymous controllers will be inferred
    # automatically. This will be the default behavior in future versions of
    # rspec-rails.
    config.infer_base_class_for_anonymous_controllers = false

    config.treat_symbols_as_metadata_keys_with_true_values = true
    #config.run_all_when_everything_filtered = true
    #config.filter_run_including :focus => true

    #config.include Devise::TestHelpers, :type => :controller

    config.after :each do
      ActionMailer::Base.deliveries.clear
    end

    config.include Rails.application.routes.url_helpers, :type => :requests
  end

  require 'capybara/rails'
  require 'capybara/rspec'

  Capybara.javascript_driver = :selenium
  Capybara.default_selector = :css
  Capybara.default_wait_time = 5

  Capybara.register_driver :selenium do |app|
    Capybara::Selenium::Driver.new(app, :profile => 'configurator')
  end

  # If you use thinking-sphinx - uncomment lines below
  # require 'thinking_sphinx/test'
  # ThinkingSphinx::Test.init

  #Devise.stretches = 1
  Rails.logger.level = 4

  #noinspection RubyClassVariableUsageInspection
  class ActiveRecord::Base
    mattr_accessor :shared_connection
    @@shared_connection = nil

    def self.connection
      @@shared_connection || retrieve_connection
    end
  end

  OmniAuth.config.test_mode = true
  OmniAuth.config.add_mock :google_apps, :provider => 'google_apps', :uid => '[email protected]', :info => { :email => '[email protected]' }
end

Spork.each_run do
  # This code will be run each time you run your specs.
  FactoryGirl.reload

  # Forces all threads to share the same connection. This works on
  # Capybara because it starts the web server in a thread.
  ActiveRecord::Base.shared_connection = ActiveRecord::Base.connection
end