vocab.md

qa-engine

Effective BDD is largely facilitated through the use of a simple domain-specific language (DSL) using English-like sentences.

You can find out what phrases are understood using the --knows option. For example:

$ qa-engine --knows

Each statement describes a simple, atomic, action .

Given I am testing
Then I pass

A phrase may specify one or more parameters - prefixed with a $.

Take a Break

GIVEN I am not in a hurry

WHEN I wait for $seconds seconds
AND  I sleep for $seconds seconds
AND  I wait for $minutes minutes
AND  I sleep for $milliseconds ms
Then I succeed

Additional Dialects

Scenario:
	Given I am googling
	When I GET http://google.com

Including More Complex Data

A multi-line syntax is supported for injecting more complex objects such as CSV, JSON or XML:

GIVEN some CSV as $var_name:

---

what, who hello, world greetings, earthling

or:

GIVEN I set $var_name to JSON:

---

{ "hello": "world", "earth": { "moon": "cheese" } }

THEN $path in $name should match $regex

THEN (.*) in $var should match $something
THEN I assert $javascript
THEN variable $name should exist
THEN variable $name should not exist
THEN variable $name should match $regex
THEN variable $name should contain $value
THEN variable $name should be $value
	$name should be $value