A high level, integration testing framework

1. CUCUMBER
A high level, integration testing framework

2. • Testing the entire stack
• Designed to create applications via BDD
• Define behavior in plain english, not "code"

3. WORK FLOW
1. Feature - integration test
2. Spec - unit test
3. Code

4. FEATURES
Feature... name
In order... goal
As a... role
I want... action

5. FEATURES
# manage_articles.feature
Feature: Manage Articles
In order to make a blog
As an author
I want to create articles

6. SCENARIOS
Scenario... name
Given... setup
When... exercise
Then... test

7. SCENARIOS
# manage_articles.feature
Scenario: Articles List
Given I have articles titled Pizza, Breadsticks
When I go to the list of articles
Then I should see "Pizza"
And I should see "Breadsticks"

8. STEPS
# manage_articles_steps.rb
Given /^I have articles titled (.+)$/ do |titles|
titles.split(', ').each do |title|
Article.create!(:title => title)
end
end

9. PATHS
# paths.rb
# When I go to the list of articles
def path_to(page_name)
case page_name
when /the list of articles/
articles_path
end
end

10. BACKGROUND
# manage_articles.feature
Background:
Given the following user records
| username | password | admin |
| bob | secret | false |
| admin | secret | true |
Scenario: Protect articles from regular users
Given I am logged in as "bob"
When I visit the list of articles
And I press "Delete all"
Then I should see "Sorry you cannot do that"
Scenario: Delete articles as admin
Given I am logged in as "bob"
When I visit the list of articles
And I press "Delete all"
Then I should see "Articles deleted”

11. RESOURCES
• http://cuckes.info
• http://wiki.github.com/brynary/webrat
• http://rubular.com
• http://ianwhite.github.com/pickle/