behat-mink-windows-setup-2019

Minimal code to get started with behat php testing using mink on windows 10

Requirements

1. Java runtime for windows

2. PHP - PHP 7.3.10 was used while testing

3. Composer - download

4. Selenium Standalone server - selenium-server-standalone-2.53.0 was used while code testing because 3+ versions had some issues.

Steps

1. Download and install all the requirements mentioned above and make sure that Composer is in the path environment variable of windows.

2. Run composer install in the same directory as composer.json (projects root directory) to install all the dependencies.

3. Run bin\behat --init

4. Place the downloaded selenium-server-standalone-*.jar file in selenium folder.

   If your selenium version is not 2.53.0 then edit the selenium.bat file accordingly

5. Double-click on selenium.bat. Now you are ready to start testing.

6. Run bin\behat to run your features defined in features folder.

Tips

1. I have already defined few useful functions for reference in FeatureContext.php i.e. dropping a file in dropzone, waiting for element to appear etc.

2. You can run bin\behat -dl or bin\behat -di (more expressive) for the list of available definitions to use in your *.feature.

3. Here is a nice post with useful compilation of tips.