Quality Assurance/Meetings/2013-07-18

Cucumber and Page Objects: Writing Great Browser Tests

 * See also Browser Automation Workshops.

This session will take you through every step of writing an automated test for WikiLove, a real feature on Wikipedia, from the requirements to the executable code.

We'll start by crafting a plain English description of a software feature in the form of Given/When/Then statements for Cucumber.

Then we will turn that plain English description of the software feature into an executable test using the Page Object design pattern.

There will be kittens.

Programming knowledge is not required, although programming experience is helpful when we turn to implementing our Cucumber scenarios.

Agenda:


 * Discussion: create some Cucumber test scenarios for a particular Wikipedia feature.
 * Setup: install Ruby and prerequisites for Cucumber/Page Object tests.
 * Tech demo: Cucumber makes it easy to write the test steps.
 * Tech demo: create the Page Object for the test.
 * Finish: watch the tests run on your local machine, and check the test into the real Wikipedia repository

Setup
Please setup either a virtual machine or your computer before the workshop. There will be no time for setup during the workshop. For setup instructions please see Browser testing/setup instructions.

Run a test
In  directory:
 * In  file, change   in   to your user name.
 * Create  file if it does not exist. Add your password to the file, something like

If everything is set up properly, from a command line in the  directory, do

$ bundle exec cucumber features/wikilove.feature

and watch our test run in Firefox on your computer. Kittens!

Hack

 * As a group, improve the existing Cucumber scenarios
 * As a group, make a new Cucumber Scenario
 * Make the new tests run!

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