Sequence of calls in rspec

                

 Example:

        describe "creates a new brand entry" do

            puts "I am defined BEFORE the before hook"

            before(:each) do

                puts "I am a statement defined in the before(:each) hook..."

            end

            puts "I am defined AFTER the before hook"

            login_admin_user

            it "assigns a new brand as @brand" do

                get :new

                assigns(:brand).should be_a_new(Brand)

            end

Result:

I am defined BEFORE the before hook

I am defined AFTER the before hook

....I am a statement defined in the before(:each) hook...

..........

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Statements defined in before hooks will be run right before any specs are ruined. This means that if you defined statements before the statements in the before hook, those statements will run first.