NAME

Test::BDD::Cucumber - Feature-complete Cucumber-style testing in Perl

SYNOPSIS

# Driving tests using the 'pherkin' binary that comes with the distribution
$ pherkin -l -b t/

# Or choose a subset of tests to be run by selecting all scenarios tagged 'slow'
$ pherkin -l -b --tags @slow t/

# Or all those /not/ tagged 'slow'
$ pherkin -l -b --tags ~@slow

# Fail on missing steps (by default prints as orange output and succeeds tests)
$ pherkin -l -b --strict t/


# Driving tests using 'prove' integration
$ prove --source Feature --ext=.feature examples/

# Driving parallel tests using 'prove'
$ prove -r --source Feature -j 9 --ext=.feature t/

DESCRIPTION

Cucumber for Perl, integrated with Test2, Test::More and prove.

The implementation supports the following Gherkin keywords in feature files: Feature, Scenario, Scenario Outline, Examples, Given, When, Then, And and But. Additionally, Scenario can be used as a synonym for Scenario Outline (with Examples). This best maps to Gherkin version 6.0.13, but without support for its new Rule and Example keywords.

This implementation supports the same languages as Gherkin 15.0.0 - that is, it supports exactly the same translated keywords.

Behaviour of this module is similar to that, but sometimes different from the real Cucumber, the plan is to move use the same parser and behaviour.

GETTING STARTED

This module comes with a few introductory tutorials.

• A Cucumber feature writing tutorial

  for those new to Cucumber and BDD testing

• A Step writing tutorial

  to get you started writing the code run for each Given, Then, When step

• A guide on integrating with your test suite

• An architecture overview

  for those who want to extend or hook into feature file execution

• Documentation of the command-line tool App::pherkin

If you have problems getting started, you can talk to the author(s) here:

BUGS AND LIMITATIONS

For current bugs, check the issue tracer at GitHub: https://github.com/pherkin/test-bdd-cucumber-perl/issues

One thing need specific mentioning:

• Due to the use of its own parser, differences probably exist in the interpretation of feature files when comparing to Cucumber.

  Also see the issue for tracking this topic.

PROJECT RESOURCES

• Source code repository at https://github.com/pherkin/test-bdd-cucumber-perl

• Bug tracker at https://github.com/pherkin/test-bdd-cucumber-perl/issues

• Mailing list at mailto:perl-pherkin@googlegroups.com

• Chat (Gitter) at https://gitter.im/pjlsergeant/test-bdd-cucumber-perl

• Chat (IRC) at irc://irc.freenode.net/#perl

• Website at https://pherkin.pm

SEE ALSO

Gherkin - A Gherkin parser and compiler

AUTHORS

Peter Sergeant pete@clueball.com

Erik Huelsmann ehuels@gmail.com

Ben Rodgers ben@bdr.org

LICENSE

Copyright 2019-2023, Erik Huelsmann
Copyright 2011-2019, Peter Sergeant; Licensed under the same terms as Perl