Behat

Here's what i'd like to do:

• Include one or more .feature Behat tests in a contributed module
• Have automated tests run with just this module and its dependencies installed
• Optionally include these .feature Behat tests from the module when it is included in my site or installation profile automated tests, this time running with the full site installed

I've used Behat on and off over the years. I love how useful the scenarios, gherkin and test results are, but hate maintaining the suite and writing step definitions; there so many arcane bugs that are hard to debug. And getting it running in CI environments is always a headache.

There must be an easier way. What about http://www3.obehave.io/?

Any other ideas?

I am just getting started testing a new Redhen CRM instance using Behat. I'm using the Drupal API. While writing tests is coming along nicely, I don't see how to write tests that target the CRM's native objects, contacts, orgs, and lists.

The only connection that has turned up between Behat and Redhen from searches is three extremely basic tests that were the result of a sprint on Redhen Raiser. These tests don't target anything unique about the CRM but test basic things like logging in to Drupal.

I would like to be able to write a test along the lines of:

Given individuals:

Hi all,

I have open an issue on Github, but this is maybe a better place to discuss this.

I have setup around twenty scenarios, all run fine when I run them directly and independently.

However, when I run my test suite in my CI pipeline (or locally), some of them randomly fails.

The screenshot taken when the test fails shows me that the user is considered as anonymous despite the fact that the authentification step was marked as successful.

Can someone give me some hints to try to debug this ?

I have no idea where to search as each time the failing tests differs.

Thanks,

As part of my Drupal 8 self-learning, I created a module called BeEdit which is a Behat editor suitable for non-technical users. It allows someone to create, edit and run Behat tests from the Drupal web application. You can get it here: https://www.drupal.org/sandbox/jchin1968/2829843

We like to test Organic Group and their Content but are puzzled how to create related content.

Reading http://www.grasmash.com/article/behat-steps-organic-groups gives some clues but it's for Behat 2 and we did not manage to get that translated to Behat 3 yet.

Thinking about this basic need makes us wonder whether every site team has to add these steps themselves to their own context?

What would be the best way to share steps through the contrib modules?

We had some trouble using the Drupal Extension for Behat as scenarios aren't isolated from each other/what's already there, leading to sporadic failures. To counter this, we've put together an extension which causes each scenario to be run on a fresh install, leading to consistent (but slightly slower) builds. We've released it at https://github.com/elifesciences/isolated-drupal-behat-extension.

I'm trying to log create a scenario with a by logging in as a user in the administration role. I'm using the following as my first run to get my feet wet

However, on this I can't seem to get past the first step. When running this feature, I see the following error:

I need to find a way to create a list of all tests available for non technical gherkin test writers.

What are others using for this?

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Promet Source will be conducting a full day of training at Drupal MidCamp next week for Behavior Driven Development with Behat.

This training workshop is designed to help developers get started with the process of behavior driven development (BDD) in PHP using the Behat toolkit with Drupal specific extensions in order to align technical testing with business expectations when using Drupal as a development platform.

We will be focusing on Behat 3, and the latest version of the Drupal Extension for Behat in our workshop.

When we started out using behat, things were great. Tests were easy to write and ran quickly. And then...over time, we got up to tests that took an hour to run. Which is too long.

We tried a few strategies:

• Throwing more hardware at the problem - this cut test speed in half, but was constrained by CPU speed.
• Reducing steps in afterScenario - we had placed a handful of different test cleanup steps into the afterScenario and those ran every time, even if they weren't needed. Optimizing those cut 30% off the test time for us.

A place to link/stash Behat 3.0 tips and tricks.

• Getting set up with Behat 3 on Windows A step by step guide

So I'm working with the new Behat 3.0 (and the latest Drupal Extension), and discovering how much has changed... For example, Metasteps? Gone. Lots of changes to how you call stuff, and so on.

So a lot of the existing (and awesome) code out there you'll find googling no longer works.
One example: take a screenshot when a step fails? The code is obsolete. I know it's doable, but I'm not sure how yet.

Is there a good place (yet?) to discover the 3.0 way of doing things, and a repository of good example code for doing 'all the things'?

Does anyone have the junit formatter working with behat 3.x?

I suppose there is a related question: is anyone using Behat 3.x with D7 site builds or is 2.x still the way to go?

Hi, I have set up a drupal structure using composer in git to kickstart our drupal development.
In the setup, behat and the DrupalExtension is integrated.

Our team will soon start writing tests for our websites. The generic tests (administrator permissions, Check if homepage works ...) will be put in our main git repo. I was wondering if there are other who have generic tests that are used on every drupal site, and if we could create a main repository ?

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