Gherkin DSL for testcase description and automation

[Alex Lourie]

On Sat, Dec 10, 2011 at 11:44 AM, Руаньяк <roignac at gmail.com> wrote:

> 2011/12/9 Gema Gomez <gema.gomez-solano at canonical.com>:
> > +1 to brendand for putting it so clearly.
> >
> > On the other hand, I am happy to do the intellectual exercise of trying
> > to imagine what a long test case would look like with Gherkin method,
> > and figure out if it would work. Can someone have a go at, let's say..
> > http://testcases.qa.ubuntu.com/Install/DesktopWhole
> Here is a quick and dirty example. I marked comments with #, however,
> they should be removed for automation suite.
>
> --
> Feature: Ubuntu Full Install
>
> Scenario: Default installation
>
> When I boot with Live CD
> Then I see a desktop
>  And 'Install Ubuntu' icon is present
>
> When I double click 'Install Ubuntu' icon
> Then Ubuquity starts  #here we can check main window etc.
>
> When Welcome screen appears        # add steps to check welcome screen
>  And I click 'Forward' button
>
> When 'Preparing to install Ubuntu' screen appears
> Then Checkmark 'Your system have at least the amount a space indicated' is
> set
>  And Checkmark 'Is plugged to a power source' is set
>  And Checkmark 'Is connected to the Internet' is set
>
> When I click 'Forward'
> Then 'Allocate drive space' screen appears
>
> When I select 'Erase Disk and install Ubuntu'
> Then option is selected      # rewrite me, i look stupid!
>
> When I click 'Forward'
> Then 'Erase disk and install Ubuntu' screen appears
>  And Selected item in 'Select drive' list is the drive on the chart
>  And Full drive space is allocated
>
> When I click 'Forward' button
> Then 'Where are you?' screen appears
>  And Current city is set to 'Minsk'         #Use variables here!
>  And Current timezone is set to 'GMT+3'     #And here!
>
> When I click on 'London' city on the map
> Then Current timezone is set to 'GMT'
>  And Current city is set to 'London'
>
> When I input 'Par' in city textbox
> Then Suggestions dropdown list is opened
>  And Suggestion list contains 'Paris' item
>
> When I select 'Paris' from suggestion list
> Then Current city is set to 'Paris'
>  And Current timezone is set to 'GMT+1'     #Is it? Correct if it is not
>
> When I click 'Forward' button
> Then 'Keyboard layout' screen appears
>
> When I select 'EN' layout                              #review me!
>  And I select 'EN-GB' variant                         #and me too, please!
>  And I press 't' button
> Then 't' symbol appears in verification textbox  #rewrite, looks ugly, huh?
>
> When I click 'Detect Keyboard Layout' button
>  And I answer all questions                           #expand me!
> Then Proposed keyboard layout is 'En, En-gb'
>
> When I click 'Forward' button
> Then 'Who are you?' screen appears
>
> When I input user details                    #expand - I input 'name'
> as name etc.
>  And I click 'Forward'
> Then Installation screen appears
>
> When I click left arrow on the side of the slide
> Then Next slide is displayed
>
> When I click right arrow on the side of the slide
> Then Previous slide is displayed
>
> When I wait for 1 minute
> Then Next slide is displayed
>
> When Installer has finished its tasks
>  And I click 'Restart now' option
> Then 'something about remove disk' dialog appears #oh my, its been
> long since I installed Ubuntu!
>
> When I remove disk
>  And I press Enter
> Then machine reboots
>
> When Grub is displayed
>  And Plymouth displays fancy animation
> Then Login prompt is displayed
>
> When I input required credentials        # expand - I input '' as login
> etc.
> Then User is logged in
>
> --
> Vadim Rutkovsky
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Hm, this seems to be quite interesting.

I have the following questions:

1. How long does it take to write something like that for someone who's not
a programmer and have no idea about Cucumber or unit testing in general?
2. How would one execute this in LiveCD environment?
3. Is it possible to run something like that in automated VM environment?

Thanks.

-- 
Alex Lourie
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