Behat 3: step execution chaining

[Krisztian Ferenczi]

Hello,

How can I do this in Behat 3: http://docs.behat.org/guides/2.definitions.html#step-execution-chaining ?

Chris

[Konstantin Kudryashov]

You can not out of the box. It is considered a bad practice.

Konstantin Kudryashov
--- PHP developer, BDD evangelist, Scrum master

a: http://about.me/everzet
b: http://everzet.com
c: https://github.com/everzet

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[riccardo franconi]

Hi Konstantin.

Why is it consider a bad practice ?

[Konstantin Kudryashov]

Because as soon as you start doing that you:

1. Can not refactor your contexts

2. Can not clearly see what the code actually does

3. Can not easily reword your features

And if you think that using inline steps is easier:

return array(

    new Step\Given(‘I am on the homepage’),

    new Step\When(‘I follow ”Login”’),

    new Step\When(‘I fill ”Username” with “‘ . $username . '"’),

    new Step\When(‘I fill ”Password” with “‘ . $password . '"’),

    new Step\When(‘I click “Login"’),

);

It is not:

$session = $this->getSession();

$page = $session->getPage();

$session->visit($this->locateUrl(‘/‘));

$page->clickLink(‘Login’);

$page->fillField(‘Username’, $username);

$page->fillField(‘Password’, $password);

$page->pressButton(‘Login’);

Kind regards,

Konstantin Kudryashov
--- PHP developer, BDD evangelist, Scrum master

a: http://about.me/everzet
b: http://everzet.com
c: https://github.com/everzet

[riccardo franconi]

Thanks!

regards.