Thanks Matt, just what I was looking for :) Andrew 2008/11/4 Matt Wynne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> On 4 Nov 2008, at 15:41, Andrew Premdas wrote: > > Assuming you have a multi-step wizard like thing, with lots of different >> states and paths through it. What approach would your use to write a feature >> for it? What I want to do is do the separate states and then reuse these >> things in more complex scenarios that cover paths. For example >> >> Scenario: State A >> Given I'm ... >> And I'm ... >> When I ... >> Then I should see >> And I at state A >> >> Now I'd like to reuse this to make my scenario from going from A to B >> shorter e.g >> >> Scenario: Test A to B >> Given State A >> When I ... >> ... >> >> >> Instead of >> >> Scenario: Test A to B >> Given I'm ... >> And I'm ... >> When I ... >> Then I should see >> And I at state A >> When I ... >> ... >> >> Is this possible? Do you have any other pointers about simplifying and >> organising complex scenarios? Thanks in advance... >> > > There's a relatively new (and possibly undocumented) feature in cucumber[1] > where you can call steps from within other steps. > > So for example, you can have one scenario like this: > > Scenario: Log in as admin > Given I visit the login page > And I enter the username "matt" > And I enter the password "secret" > And I press "Submit" > Then I should be on the admin page > > > And another one like this: > Scenario: View admin reports > Given I log in as admin > And I view the reports page > Then I should see "reports" > > When you write the ruby step matcher for the first step in this scenario, > you just call the step matchers that you wrote for the first scenario, like > this: > > Given /I log in as admin/ do > Given "I visit the login page" > Given 'I enter the username "matt"' > Given 'I enter the password "secret"' > Given 'I press "Submit"' > end > > Does that make sense? Does it help? > > cheers, > Matt > > [1] > http://rspec.lighthouseapp.com/projects/16211/tickets/3-create-givenscenario-dependency-accross-feature-files > _______________________________________________ > rspec-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users >
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