Category: Cucumber

I’m currently the framework/lead developer of a UI testing framework using Selenium WebDriver and Cucumber (written in Javascript using the webdriver.io bindings).  In an ideal world, cucumber test steps have no reference to anything beyond what is visible to the user in the user interface: And I enter Password1 in the Password field And I click …

In a previous post, I explained how I use the text associated with UI objects in my cucumber tests. My steps look something like this: Given I go to the login page And I enter “johndoe” in the field with id “username” And I enter “password1” in the field with id “password” If the application …

In my current job, I’m responsible for developing a framework for performing UI testing of web and mobile applications with Selenium WebDriver/Appium, using the webdriver.io bindings for node.js Javascript. We have adopted cucumber as the format for defining the tests. Conventional wisdom regarding UI testing holds that you should always strive to select UI objects by the …