Cucumber is a great BDD framework, but I've found the official Cucumber Java Skeleton project as lacking. As such, I decided to create an enhanced skeleton that includes some sample back-end and front-end tests.
Check out all the details on my website: https://andreidobra.com/blog/cucumber-advantages-disadvantages and on this YouTube video: https://youtu.be/tF8dsGpCBgI
If you're looking for a simple test automation framework without Java, check out my other free repo: https://github.com/andreidbr/test-automation-framework-skeleton
I've added sample feature files with:
- back-end tests using Rest Assured
- front-end tests using Selenium
- general tests showing how to use data tables
- all feature files demonstrate some essential Cucumber features like Background steps, Before and After hooks, or Scenario Outlines, Cucumber Expressions
The test runner uses JUnit 5, and I've configured Cucumber PrettyReports plugin that automatically generates reports in target/cucumber/cucumber-html-reports
Prerequisites:
- Java JDK 17 installed
- Apache Maven installed
- Google Chrome installed. If you use other browsers, you will need to modify the webdriver instantiated in
src/test/resources/com/andreidobra/frontend.featureandsrc/test/java/com/andreidobra/stepdefs/FrontendStepDefs.java - optional: IntelliJ Community Edition installed
To execute it, run mvn test. It will run all scenarios that match the tags explicitly declared in src/test/java/com/andreidobra/runner/RunCucumberTest.java