paircolumbus / cucumberbasics

An introduction to Cucumber & Gherkin with a dash of RSpec

Cucumber Basics

Skill Level: Beginner
Time Limit: 30 minutes

Write a feature test in Gherkin and implement steps_definitions that best match the intended behaviours and features requested by the 'client'

• The client is a Classy Hotel that caters to animals
• They have created a script to track their clientele
• The hotel manager wants the script to keep track of the name, type and age of every animal
• Test the Animal object and ensure that it has the right output for its reader methods name, type, age, old?

Instructions

1. Checkout the sample feature & steps defs named greeter.feature & greeter_steps.rb
2. clone your repo on to your computer
3. cd into your directory
4. bundle to pull in this project's dependencies
5. navigate to features/animal.feature and write your feature
6. navigate to features/step_definitions/animal_steps.rb and write your step defs

Resources

• http://cukes.info/
• Cuke Docs: Step Definitions
• RSpec Matchers