[rspec-users] Given/When/Then blocks on Cucumber

[Joseph Wilk]

Maurício Linhares wrote:
> Hello guys,
>
> I've been looking at Pyccuracy and found the "Given/Then/When" blocks
> to be very interesting and easier to understand and write, specially
> when writting scenarios with more than one of those. An example can be
> found here: http://www.pyccuracy.org/getting_started_3.html
>
> Here's how they do:
>
> Scenario 1 - Searching for Hello World
> Given
>   I go to "http://www.google.com"
> When
>   I fill "q" textbox with "Hello World"
>   And I click "btnG" button
> Then
>   I see "Hello World - Google Search" title
>
> And here's how we would do with Cucumber
>
> Scenario: Searching for Hello World
>   Given I go to "http://www.google.com"
>   When  I fill "q" textbox with "Hello World"
>   When  I click "btnG" button
>   Then I see "Hello World - Google Search" title
>
> With cucumber we need to repeat the When's, Then's and Given's if
> there's more than one, woudn't it be nice to avoid this?
>   

We don't have to repeat ourselves in Cucumber:

Scenario: Searching for Hello World
  Given I go to "http://www.google.com"
  When  I fill "q" textbox with "Hello World"
  And  I click "btnG" button
  Then I see "Hello World - Google Search" title

While the block idea is interesting the key thing for me is the scenario 
reads like prose.

Also we have moved Cuke to its own mailing list, so please send any 
Cucumber related questions there.

http://groups.google.com/group/cukes?pli=1

Thanks!
--
Joseph Wilk
http://blog.josephwilk.net

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