what does the "it" keyword do in RSpec?

rspec, ruby

Solution

It's not a Ruby keyword, it's part of the Rspec framework.

`it` contains the code examples that illustrate the facet of behavior being defined. It is comprised of two main parts: the description string and the code example, in the do/end block.

Problem

I'm following the rails3tutorial and I don't understand the meaning of the "it" keyword when doing some testing as follows: ``` require 'spec_helper' describe UsersController do render_views describe "GET 'new'" do it "should be successful" do get 'new' response.should be_success end it "should have the right title" do get 'new' response.should have_selector("title", :content => "Sign up") end end end ``` code fragment comes from: http://ruby.railstutorial.org/chapters/filling-in-the-layout#top listing 5.26

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