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This article explains how to setup an UI Automation framework using Cucumber

Let’s take a test web site Kayak.com for Automation

Test Case – The script should search for Hotels in the city San Francisco and validates that a list of hotels is displayed

Automation script development steps

Cucumber Eclipse Plugin

In Eclipse click on Help – Install New Software

▪Click on Add Repository

- Enter Name as Cucumber
- Enter location as https://cucumber.io/cucumber-eclipse/update-site
- Click on Add

- Now Select the plugin displayed and Click on Next to install

BDD

What and Why of BDD?

▪ BDD is used to better understand requirements before project implementation and development, the outcome being better alignment of the development with the problem or the gap the software is aiming to solve

▪ Being proactive and understanding the working of the software in granularity helps prevent rework later thereby increasing code efficiency

Gherkin

▪ Is a Domain specific Language which helps in describing the behavior of the automated tests without bothering about the implementation aspects

Eclipse Maven Plugin

In Eclipse click on Help – Install New Software

▪ Click on Add Repository

- Enter Name as Maven
- Enter location as http://download.eclipse.org/technology/m2e/releases

- Click on Add
- Now Select the plugin displayed and Click on Next to install

Maven Project

Create a Maven project in Eclipse
- Click on New maven Project and Complete creating the Maven Project

- Once above step is completed, you will see the following default structure

Configure Project Dependencies in pom.xml

Add dependency for Selenium

<groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId> <artifactId>selenium-java</artifactId> <version>3.141.59</version>

</dependency>

Add dependencies for Cucumber

<dependency>

              <groupId>info.cukes</groupId>
              <artifactId>cucumber-java</artifactId>
              <version>1.2.5</version>
          </dependency>

<groupId>info.cukes</groupId> <artifactId>cucumber-junit</artifactId> <version>1.2.5</version> <scope>test</scope>

          </dependency>

<groupId>info.cukes</groupId> <artifactId>cucumber-java</artifactId> <version>1.2.5</version>

</dependency>

Add dependency for junit

          <dependency>
              <groupId>junit</groupId>
              <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
              <version>4.12</version>
              <scope>test</scope>
          </dependency>

Create the following packages