Add the gems to your Gemfile

group :development, :test do
  gem 'rspec-rails'
  gem 'factory_girl_rails'
end

group :test do
  gem 'capybara'
end

Download and install

$ bundle install

Initialize the spec directory

$ rails g rspec:install

Require Capybara

#spec/spec_helper.rb
require 'capybara/rspec'

Drop in your factories into /spec/factories/MODEL_NAMES.rb (replace model_names with the actual name of your models.

Factory example for a Contact model

#spec/factories/contacts.rb
FactoryGirl.define do
  factory :contact do
    name 'John Doe'
  end
end

Run your tests

$ bundle exec rspec spec

GitHub links:

• Capybara
• RSpec-rails
• FactoryGirl Rails