BDD - SpecFlow C#

This comprehensive course covers all the essential principles to get you up and running in Behaviour-Driven Development (BDD) using Microsoft Visual Studio, SpecFlow and WebDriver.

Designed for beginners of BDD and SpecFlow, it takes the new-comer through all the basic techniques of writing Feature Files in Gherkin, to writing the associated Step Definitions and code in SpecFlow & WebDriver C#, to executing from the command line.

Throughout the course practical examples are demonstrated, and the delegates get to practice what they have learned in each chapter against a Web training application.

By the end of the course you should have a thorough understanding of how to develop well-written feature files and scenarios, how to manage step definitions and write associated methods, how to organise the SpecFlow project and how to integrate into the POM framework.

Who Should Attend?

  • Newcomers to BDD and SpecFlow

 

Attendees should have a basic understanding of writing Selenium WebDriver Scripts (we use C# bindings)
Some programming experience would be advantageous. The course is based on using WebDriver with C# & NUnit.

Exam Details

There is no exam as part of this course.

Objectives

  • Understand the required Visual Studio Extensions and Libraries to use SpecFlow & WebDriver
  • Understand how to structure your automated SpecFlow project
  • Gain a full understanding of how to write good Gherkin and Step Definitions
  • Understand how to refactor and re-use common Methods for Steps

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Please note: this course runs on demand so the price is TBC. It can be arranged to run on-site at your offices as Training for Teams or as a public course if there is sufficient interest.

Please contact us for more details.

Course Content and Agenda

This course covers nine key areas over two days:

  • A background to BDD and its benefits
  • The process of BDD
  • An overview of the tools available
  • Terminology
  • Feature files
  • Introduction to the Gherkin language
  • Basic syntax
  • Using the background fixture
  • Parameters
  • Doc Strings
  • Examples and data tables
  • Using tags to organise execution
  • Commenting
  • SpecFlow Visual Studio plugin
  • Installing the SpecFlow libraries
  • WebDriver and other dependent libraries
  • Creating a project structure
  • Creating a Feature File
  • Formatting and execution of Feature Files
  • Creating our Test Classes
  • Using prototype step definitions
  • Fixing errors for executing feature files
  • Creating step definition Methods
  • Expanding Methods with Parameters
  • Step definition syntax
  • Using Regular Expressions
  • Using multiple annotations for one method
  • Re-using methods for more than one scenario
  • Scenario Outline
  • In-line Step Table Iterating
  • Using a base class with before & after hooks to accelerate test writing
  • Using SpecFlow
  • Using tags
  • Results & reporting
  • Command line execution
  • SpecFlow fixtures for execution flow
  • Simple Instance Fields, Context Injection
  • Using SpecFlow & WebDriver under the Page Object Model
  • Building SpecFlow pipelines in Azure DevOps
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