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Pundit: NoMethodError (undefined method `verify_authorized’ for [WhateversController])
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Sometimes, having done things several times before can make you miss the OBVIOUS. After adding after_action :verify_authorized to my ApplicationController to verify that Pundit was being used for authorization, I got the following error in rspec: 2) Jobs GET /jobs works! (now write some real specs) Failure/Error: get jobs_path NoMethodError: undefined method `verify_authorized’ for #…
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devise_security_extension undefined method authenticate for nil:NilClass on Rspec Tests for Controller That Skips Authentication
After installing the Devise Security Extension to add password expiration to my Devise models, I started getting the following error on an RSpec test for a controller that does not perform authentication of the user: Failure/Error: get :index NoMethodError: undefined method `authenticate?’ for nil:NilClass After a bit of digging, I found that the helpers.rb in…
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Rails AntiPatterns Review/Summary
I’ve had the Rails AntiPatterns: Best Practice Ruby on Rails Refactoring (Addison-Wesley Professional Ruby Series) book on my Safari Books Online bookshelf for almost a year now, and finally started reading through it. It was “updated for Rails 3”, and there doesn’t appear to be a newer version, so I was a bit skeptical about…