UseCase "Group examples"

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Group by initial state/context

context()
  before(:each|:all) do 
    # :each re-creates context before each example
    # :all could be useful for sharing instance variables for e.g. opening a network connection
    ...
  end
end

An alternative for setting up instance variables is subject()

Explicit

describe ... do
  subject {}
  specify|it|example { subject.should be_happy }
end 

Delegated

describe ... do
  subject {}
  specify|it|example { should be_happy }
end 

Implicit

describe User do
  specify|it|example { should be_happy }
end 

context()
  after(:each|:all) do
    # runs even if an example fails, good for restoring global state
  end
  it() do
    ...
  end
end

context()
  around(:each) do
    # support APIs that require a block
  end
  it() do
    ...
  end
end