The document discusses headless Browser Driven Development (BDD) tools and frameworks, highlighting the benefits of using headless drivers like PhantomJS and Zombie in web testing. It includes installation instructions and links to demo projects using Behat, Mink, Cucumber, and Capybara with these headless drivers. The author shares personal insights and resources for further exploration of BDD tools and technologies.

1. Headless BDD
Shashikant Jagtap
Twitter: @Shashikant86
Blogs: http://shashikantjagtap.net
Disclaimer: The opinions expressed here represent my
own/personal views and not those of my current employer
or previous employers

2. Topics
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BDD Tools + Test Frameworks + Drivers
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Benefits of using Headless Drivers with
BDD tools
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Zombie and Phantomjs
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Demo Behat + Mink + Zombie
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Demo Cucumber + Capybara + Poltergeist
Hashtag #TesterGathering

3. BDD
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BDD Tools [ Behat, Cucumber]
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Web Acceptance Testing Frameworks
[Mink, Capybara]
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Drivers [Selenium, Watir, RakeTest,
Goutte, Zombie, Phantomjs etc etc]

4. Browser Vs Headless
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There are few drivers which pop up
browser to run scenarios
e.g Selenium, WebDriver, Watir
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There are some which don't have real
browsers but they are headless
browsers
e.g Phantomjs, Zombie

5. Why Headless?
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Fast
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No XVFB, X11, XVNC etc etc on Linux
servers
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HTTP, Cookies and Network Traffic
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Screenshots and JavaScript execution
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Error Detections on Page [JS Error]
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Debug Options

6. Zombie
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Headless Driver with full support to
JavaScript
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Uses Node.js, NPM, C++ Compiler &
Python
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Installation: OSX [Xcode, HomeBrew]
 GitHub: https://github.com/assaf/zombie

7. PhantomJS
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PhantoJS is Headless Webkit with full
JavaScript support.
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Multipurpose
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Install on Mac OSX
$ brew install phantomjs
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Website: http://phantomjs.org/index.html

8. Headless BDD Live Demo
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Behat + Mink + Zombie
GitHub:
https://github.com/Shashikant86/Behat-Zombie
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Cucumber + CapyBara + Poltergeist
GitHub:
https://github.com/Shashikant86/Poltergeist-Demo

9. THANK YOU

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