NAME

Test::Cukes - A BBD test tool inspired by Cucumber

SYNOPSIS

Write your test program like this:

# test.pl
use Test::More;
use Test::Cukes;

feature(<<TEXT);
Feature: writing behavior tests
  In order to make me happy
  As a test maniac
  I want to write behavior tests

  Scenario: Hello World
    Given the test program is running
    When it reaches this step
    Then it should pass
TEXT

Given qr/the test program is running/, sub {
    assert "running";
}

When qr/it reaches this step/, sub {
    assert "reaches";
}

Then qr/it should pass/, sub {
    assert "passes";
}

runtests;

When it runs, it looks like this:

> perl test.pl
1..3
ok 1 - Given the test program is running
ok 2 - When it reaches this step
ok 3 - Then it should pass

DESCRIPTION

Test::Cukes is a testing tool inspired by Cucumber (http://cukes.info). It lets your write your module test with scenarios. It is supposed to be used with Test::More or other family of Test::* modules. It uses Test::More::note function internally to print messages.

This module implements the Given-When-Then clause only in English. To uses it in the test programs, feed the feature text into feature function, defines your step handlers, and then run all the tests by calling runtests. Each steps should use assert instead of ok or is to verify desired result.

If any assertion in the Given block failed, the the corresponding When and Then blocks are skipped.

You don't need to specify the number of tests with plan. Each step block itself is simply one test. If the block died, it's then considered failed. Otherwise it's considered as passing.

Test::Cukes re-exports assert function from Carp::Assert for you to use in the step block.

For more info about how to define feature and scenarios, please read the documents from http://cukes.info.

AUTHOR

Kang-min Liu <gugod@gugod.org>

SEE ALSO

The official Cucumber web-page, http://cukes.info/.

cucumber.pl, http://search.cpan.org/dist/cucumber/, another Perl implementation of Cucumber tool.

Carp::Assert

LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2009, Kang-min Liu <gugod@gugod.org>.

This is free software, licensed under:

The MIT (X11) License

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