Feature: render_views You can tell a controller example group to render views with the `render_views` declaration in any individual group, or globally. Scenario: render_views directly in a single group Given a file named "spec/controllers/widgets_controller_spec.rb" with: """ require "spec_helper" describe WidgetsController do render_views describe "GET index" do it "says 'Listing widgets'" do get :index response.body.should =~ /Listing widgets/m end end end """ When I run `rspec spec` Then the examples should all pass Scenario: render_views on and off in nested groups Given a file named "spec/controllers/widgets_controller_spec.rb" with: """ require "spec_helper" describe WidgetsController do context "with render_views" do render_views describe "GET index" do it "renders the actual template" do get :index response.body.should =~ /Listing widgets/m end end context "with render_views(false) nested in a group with render_views" do render_views false describe "GET index" do it "renders the RSpec generated template" do get :index response.body.should eq("") end end end end context "without render_views" do describe "GET index" do it "renders the RSpec generated template" do get :index response.body.should eq("") end end end context "with render_views again" do render_views describe "GET index" do it "renders the actual template" do get :index response.body.should =~ /Listing widgets/m end end end end """ When I run `rspec spec --format documentation` Then the output should contain: """ WidgetsController with render_views GET index renders the actual template with render_views(false) nested in a group with render_views GET index renders the RSpec generated template without render_views GET index renders the RSpec generated template with render_views again GET index renders the actual template """ Scenario: render_views globally Given a file named "spec/support/render_views.rb" with: """ RSpec.configure do |config| config.render_views end """ And a file named "spec/controllers/widgets_controller_spec.rb" with: """ require "spec_helper" describe WidgetsController do describe "GET index" do it "renders the index template" do get :index response.body.should =~ /Listing widgets/m end end end """ When I run `rspec spec` Then the examples should all pass