Overview
Behat is a Behavior Driven Development (BDD) test framework written in PHP. It facilitates communication among developers, testers, business stakeholders and clients during the software development process. Behat allows non-technical people to write clear descriptions of an application’s intended behavior, then runs those “scenarios” as functional tests against the application.
In this instructor-led, live training, participants will learn how to write and execute BDD style test cases using Behat and PHP.
By the end of this training, participants will be able to:
- Run automated tests written in the human-readable, “Given, When, Then” Gherkin language
- Use Behat based test cases to improve collaboration between technical and non-technical teams
- Integrate Behat with Selenium, Mink, Goutte and other browser emulators to drive tests and generate reports
- Extend Behat functionality through its extension system
- Test numerous usage scenarios through terminal commands, REST APIs, and more.
Audience
- Test engineers
- Developers
Format of the course
- Part lecture, part discussion, exercises and heavy hands-on practice
Requirements
- Experience with testing and knowledge of automated testing
- Experience with PHP programming
Course Outline
Introduction
- Business Driven Development (BDD) and Acceptance Test Driven Development (ATDD)
- BDD as a collaboration tool for software engineers, test engineers and business people
Defining your project requirements
Setting up your environment for web application testing
Gherkin: writing your stories in a user-friendly language
The anatomy of the Feature file
Writing your first feature
Writing scenarios for your feature
Writing step definitions
Passing parameters to Steps
Creating scenario outlines to pass multiple arguments
Sharing data between steps
Organizing features and scenarios with tags
Setup and teardown
Closing remarks