Behavior Driven Development or BDD is one of the magical terms that many organizations are looking for today. The influence of the BDD methodology has significantly impacted the way the development model works. Its powerful business-driven approach has helped many teams collaborate with different stakeholders to define a better requirement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One of the well-known tools that help to automate the requirements for the BDD projects is Cucumber<\/a><\/em><\/strong>. In this article, you will learn about some of the coolest features available as part of Cucumber 6 (cucumber-jvm) <\/em><\/strong>& previous versions and how you can leverage them with your automation pack and business discussions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n First, the basics!<\/p>\n\n\n\n For people who are new to Cucumber, the Gherkin language is simple English (or <\/a>localised<\/a>) statements put together to make a sensible requirement. It is written in Given-When-Then-But-And<\/em><\/strong> format.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The business requirements or the acceptance criteria are written as Scenarios, containing the Gherkin format requirements. Parameterising the scenarios with various combinations are achieved using Scenario Outlines with examples. All these Scenarios are written in a Cucumber feature file in the Cucumber framework.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A sample for a typical feature file is given below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n