Doc strings can pass larger pieces of text as inputs like this: Feature: Google SearchingĬonservation status: Endangered (Population decreasing)ĭoc strings are delimited by three double-quotes ‘”””‘. In-line parameters are not the only way to pass inputs to a step. Gherkin steps are entirely sequential and do not branch based on if/else conditions. Furthermore, And and But do not represent any sort of conditional logic. For example, the scenario above could have been written as Given-When-Then-Then-Then, but Given-When-Then-And-But makes more sense. They are interchangeable and do not have any unique meaning – they exist simply to make scenarios more readable. And and But steps can be attached to any type of step. Now, there are three Then steps to verify the outcome. Let’s extend the previous example: Feature: Google SearchingĪnd the related results include "Panda Express" But the related results do not include "pandemonium" Thankfully, scenarios can have any number of steps using And and But. Not all behaviors can be fully described using only three steps. This makes the parameters easy to identify. Parameterization is handled at the level of the step definitions in the automation code, but by convention, it is a best practice to write parameterized values in double-quotes. A step hard-coded to search for pandas is not very reusable, but a step parameterized to search for any phrase is. Thus, this one feature file can be shared by all stakeholders and can dispel misunderstandings.Īnother thing to notice is the ability to parameterize steps. “Search for pandas? Get pandas!” The feature’s behavior is clear to the developer, the tester, and the product owner. Any non-technical person can easily understand how Google searches should behave from reading this scenario. Notice how concise yet descriptive the scenario is. Each scenario will be run independently of the other scenarios – the output of one scenario has no bearing on the next! The indents and blank lines also make the feature file easy to read. It could have more scenarios, but for simplicity, this example has only one. This feature file then has one Scenario section with a title and one each of Given– When– Then steps in order. As an Agile best practice, it should include the user story for the features under test. The description will not affect automation at all – think of it as a comment.
The description is optional, and it may have as many or as few lines as desired. It starts with a required Feature section and a description. When the search phrase "panda" is entered Given a web browser is on the Google page Let’s start with the example from the previous post: Feature: Google SearchingĪs a web surfer, I want to search Google, so that I can learn new things. (Note that these examples could easily be automated using Selenium.) A Simple Feature File Automation will be covered in future posts. Writing good Gherkin scenarios must come before implementing step definitions.
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You can find other good example references from Cucumber and Behat. (Check the Automation Panda BDD page for the full table of contents.)Īs a disclaimer, this post will focus entirely upon feature file examples and not upon automation through step definitions. The examples cover basic Google searching, which is easy to explain and accessible to all.
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Whereas the previous post in this series focused on Gherkin syntax and semantics, this post will walk through a set of examples that show how to use all of the language parts.
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