Cross platform parser for the Gherkin language. Used by Cucumber to parse .feature files.
@Freyskeyd if you're testing the UI, I'd assume you're also testing that it looks nice, can click buttons etc. If you're testing the process (i.e. as user can log in, order a product, get a confirmation - you don't have to do that through the UI). But starting at the UI is what most people do when they come from manual testing, it's the natural starting point. It's fine; just be aware there are other options
Unless you're using Cypress.io which talks to the browser differently
But it's javascript and I don't javascript that well...
@Freyskeyd Your example scenario might not be the best to automate through the UI though. I might start with some simpler ones
Also, I know many people don't like Selenium, not sure of better alternatives (apart from possibly Cypress.io). In my experience this also has a lot to do with unstable xpaths etc. So my main tip there would be to get the developers to add unique labels to the UI elements you need for your tests (or better yet, do it yourself if you can ;) to you can operate on those, even if the screen layout changes. We do that and our tests through the UI are relatively stable...
Ofcourse, if the application is developed by a different company, you can't do it that way
Oh I should add that my project is an angular app, so it would be a bit heavy to use a library not on npm (a ruby gem for example)
@lwouis
A few gherkin linters that I have used.
https://github.com/funkwerk/gherkin_lint (idle)
https://github.com/r-cochran/cuke_sniffer (abandoned)
And a tool that I use when the 'out of the box' linters don't cover my needs and I need to write custom lints/queries.
https://github.com/enkessler/cql
@jenisys If I have a step such as Given <Args.jenkinsbuild> is present. The parameter here would be changing with every build, so using a step table or example table would not be ideal is what I am thinking? Is there any other way? It is my understanding that the step impl. will use the value given for the parameter and not get the value from somewhere and be able to set it in the step? please advise
@yelisetti This functionality is not available in Gherkin. You would need to use a text-template engine to generate the feature files from your parameter space. Otherwise, it is rather easy to use such parameters in the step implementation, but it is harder to show these parameters in Gherkin (output).
Hi together, I have a question to gherkin or better to build the gherkin project. I wanted to add a new gherkin dialect and some new keywords. From the contributing to Gherkin page I get not enough information about how to customize or expand the actual gherkin. Can you help me?
Especially what kind of steps do I have to do?
Especially what kind of steps do I have to do?
@Patrick You mean to ass a new language ? Add a record to gherkin-languages.json file and provide a pull-request on Github. see https://github.com/cucumber/cucumber/blob/master/gherkin/gherkin-languages.json
@jw2121 https://github.com/cucumber/cucumber/blob/master/gherkin/gherkin.berp — This the URL to the Gherkin grammar that is currenly used. In the subdirectories are language implementation of a Gherkin parser in this language. Look at the Java implementation and start from there.
Maybe
Im missing some thing when i run mavem on gherkin-java it doesnt include c21e or gherkin-go.
@jw1121 Have a look at Gherkin-java here: https://github.com/cucumber/cucumber/tree/master/gherkin/java
Check the Cucumber-jvm pom.xml for the gherkin dependency: https://github.com/cucumber/cucumber-jvm/blob/master/pom.xml
@/all: Have released a Module for Cucumber & WebdriverIO, feel free to check it out and provide your valuable feedback:
wdio-cucumber-parallel-execution – A Cucumber & WebdriverIO capability for running your Automation Pack in Parallel at Scenario Level (rather than the default Feature File Level) - https://www.npmjs.com/package/wdio-cucumber-parallel-execution
Hi all, I am exploring ways to share progress closer to the development effort. For my team, the test-report always has passing statuses by the time the Product Owner gets it. Does anyone use the Pending and Undefined states in their delivery process? Perhaps to show percentage-to-completion for a releases.
Hey guys, when working with date/time in screnarios, is this kind of approach recommended : https://gist.github.com/qpowell/e3de79e408250e36f702 ?
Or would it be better to write scenarios with examples using dates like : D+1
Hi, I am fairly new to this... I am working on an intermediate solution to parse/convert gherkin's into JSON. i have tried the gherkin package but unable to get a valid output from the stream. Can anyone here help me brief about the syntax or steps to follow..thanks in advance
Hey, is there an official gherkin antlr .g file? I created a ticket months ago on this repo here: antlr/grammars-v4#772 Yes the ticket was created for two languages (gherkin and galen). This was a mistake when I created it. Anyway, I know the textmate lexer file and is there a antlr one?
@Chris2011 Cucumber uses the the following gherkin.berp file as grammar specification for the various language implementations. Otherwise, there is (older?) grammar description in pygments that @aslakhelleshoy provided (I think). I am not aware of an ANTLR grammar specification. But if you create one, these are the sources to understand and remodel the grammar in ANTLR.