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BDD and Cucumber based
Test Automation Frameworks
Harsh Murari
harsh@rhoynar.com
Software Architect
Rhoynar Software Consulting, Boulder, CO
www.rhoynar.com
Presented At SQUAD Meetup at Denver, CO, Oct 11, 2016

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Job Announcements Oct 11, 2016
• Senior PHP Developer: PHP, LAMP, CodeIgnitor,WebStorm
• QA Automation Engineer (Boston Area): Java,TestNG, Selenium WebDriver

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About Me
• Co-founder and Software Architect at Rhoynar Software Consulting
(www.rhoynar.com)
• Working on Application Development, QA Automation andTest
Automation Solutions
• 12+ years of Software Engineering Experience

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About Rhoynar Software Consulting
Founded in 2015, providing QA automation and Continuous Delivery Services for
clients in Denver/Boulder area.
Contact Us:
Web: www.rhoynar.com
Ph.: +1-855-5-RHOYNAR
Email: contact@rhoynar.com
• Consulting: Application Development,
QA Automation and DevOps
• Staffing: Highly Experienced
Candidates
• Training: 3-5 days customized training
courses

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AboutThis Presentation: Objectives
• Motivation and Background:
• Open-source initiatives from Rhoynar
• Continuous Integration Infrastructure
• Email NotificationVerification
• AutoTestR – Automatic Page Object Generation
• BDD and Cucumber
• Overview of BDD – Behavior Driven Development Model and Cucumber
• Integration of SeleniumWebDriver, Page Objects and Models Design Pattern
• BDD andTest Automation Best Practices
• BDD Demo

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Open Source Initiatives
From Rhoynar
: https://github.com/Rhoynar

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Continuous Integration Infrastructure
https://github.com/Rhoynar/ci-infra

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CI Infra Workflow
https://github.com/Rhoynar/ci-infra

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AutoTestR –
Page ObjectAuto Generation
• AutoTestR uses node.js framework to parse
the DOM for the page and generate
corresponding test object code.
https://github.com/Rhoynar/AutoTestR

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AutoTestR Graph BasedTest Case Generation
- Each node represents a page-object
(or rather business object)
- Each node specifies what are its
exported interfaces, what are its next
states
- Based on this graph, AutoTestR
auto-generates test case skeletons
as well!
- ExampleTest Cases:
- Login->Unregistered Page
- Login->Main Page->CreateUser->End
- Login->Main Page->SearchUser->End
- Login->Main Page->DeleteUser->End
- Login->Main Page->Unregistered Page
https://github.com/Rhoynar/AutoTestR

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EmailVerify:Verify Email Notification Receipt
UseCase
- Web Application Sends a Notification/Email to Users
- Test Automation Wants toVerify if Email has been
received?
- Email with certain Subject Line has been received?
- Email with certain content has been received? Etc
https://github.com/Rhoynar/EmailVerify
Use EmailVerify Library
- Simple to use: startMonitor(),
verify(), stopMonitor()
- Multiple variations of use-cases and
regular expression parsing support!

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BDD/Cucumber based QA-
Automation Framework
https://github.com/Rhoynar/qa-automation
• Project for barebones QA Automation Development Using:
• Java
• BDD
• Cucumber
• TestNG
• Maven

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What is BDD (Behavior Driven Development)?
• BDD Keeps Business Behavior in sync with Software Development
• ExtendsTest Driven Development to cover BusinessAcceptanceTests

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How can I write tests without actual code?
• BDD Uses Simple English Syntax (Gherkin)
• BDD uses example based ‘Scenarios’
• Each ‘Scenario’ is noted in the form of ’Given’, ‘When’, ‘Then’

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Outside In Approach
• Start with a
conversation
• Determine the
business value
• Provide Examples
of use

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BDD Example:
Simple Login Scenario
Step Definitions

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Does this only work withWeb Based Applications?
• BDD can be work with any type of application!
• We recently used BDD to load builds onto Android Device.
Scenario: Load Android Build onto device
Given Device is Connected
When I load the build
Then Device is detected in ADB
Automatic Conversion to Code
public void device_is_connected() {…}
public void i_load_the_build() {…}
public void device_detected_in_adb() {…}

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Building Blocks of Scenarios
• BDD Allows to build on top of existing scenarios easily
• Existing step-defs can be re-used, only new steps need to be written
• Less Code Repetition – better regression framework
Scenario: Load Android Build onto device
Given Device is Connected
When I load the build
And I reset the device
Then Device is detected in ADB
With only one additional step, I have a new test case
public void device_is_connected() {…}
public void i_load_the_build() {…}
public void i_reset_device(){…}
public void device_detected_in_adb() {…}

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Demo
• Yahoo Login Example
• Source Code: https://github.com/Rhoynar/qa-automation

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Summary
• BDD minimizes communications, hides implementation details and
provides robust regression tests.
• BDD Provides Building blocks of scenarios and step-definitions, so
incremental test can be written easily.

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Contact Us:
Rhoynar Software Consulting
Web: www.rhoynar.com
Ph.: +1-855-5-RHOYNAR
Email: contact@rhoynar.com
Consulting
QA Automation, DevOps and
Application Development
Staffing
Highly qualified and tech-
screened candidates
Training
Customized onsite training
events on latest technologies