scratch.md

Natural language

GWT?

Given
  [I'm hungry]
When
  [I eat]
Then
  [I feel better]

looks like Finite State Machine

Initial State + Event => New State


Given
  [I'm hungry]
When
  [I drink]
Then
  [I do not feel better]

cuke

Two fold

• behavior in plain text using "natural" language

  parsed by gherkin * ragel based compiler

• each GWT sentence MUST have its implementation

Code

rspec

describe "hungry man" do
  let(:hungry) {Human.new(hungry: true)}
  it "should feel better after eating something" do
    hungry.eat!.should be_feel_better
  end
end

steak

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Cavalle :

• An argument in favor of Cucumber I've never seen mentioned: Apparently clients and managers love it

  feature "Main page" do

   background do
     create_user :login => "jdoe"
     login_as "jdoe"
   end
  
   scenario "should show existing quotes" do
     create_quote :text => "The language of friendship is not words, but meanings",
                  :author => "Henry David Thoreau"
  
     visit "/"
  
     page.should have_css(".quote", :count => 1)
     within(:css, ".quote") do
       page.should have_css(".text", :text => "The language of friendship is not words, but meanings")
       page.should have_css(".author", :text => "Henry David Thoreau")
     end
   end
  

  end