What's in a Story by Dan North
edited to use Behat style
A tool to help devs, QA, and stakeholders communicate better
using simple sentences to describe requirements
in a structured way,
which can then be automatically executed as tests.
What if we were on the Wikipedia team, introducing multilingual support for the first time.
Given I am on "http://es.wikipedia.org/"
When I type "United States" in the search box
And I press enter
Then I should see the heading "Estados Unidos"
And I should see the text "(Redirigido desde «United States»)"
Feature: Account Holder withdraws cash
I want to withdraw cash from an ATM
As an Account Holder
So that I can get money when the bank is closed
Scenario: Account has sufficient funds
Given the account balance is $100
And the card is valid
And the machine contains enough money
When the Account Holder requests $20
Then the ATM should dispense $20
And the account balance should be $80
And the card should be returned
Scenario: Account has insufficient funds
...
Feature: Account Holder withdraws cashdescribes an action taken by a user
I want to withdraw cash from an ATM
As an Account Holder
So that I can get money when the bank is closed
Scenario: Account has sufficient funds
...
Scenario: Account has insufficient funds
...
indicate what's different between the scenarios
Given the account balance is $100
And the card is valid
And the machine contains enough money
When the Account Holder requests $20
Then the ATM should dispense $20
And the account balance should be $80
And the card should be returned
(aka Givens, Whens, and Thens)
Given the account balance is $100
And the card is valid
And the machine contains enough money
should define all of, and no more than, the required context
When the Account Holder requests $20
simple, one line if possible
Then the ATM should dispense $20
And the account balance should be $80
And the card should be returned