Behat (computer science)
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Developer(s) | Konstantin Kudryashov |
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Initial release | 8 September 2010[1] |
Stable release | 3.8.1
/ 7 November 2020[1] |
Repository | |
Written in | PHP |
Operating system | Cross-platform |
Type | Behavior-driven development |
License | MIT License |
Website | behat |
Behat is a test framework for behavior-driven development written in the PHP programming language. Behat was created by Konstantin Kudryashov and its development is hosted on GitHub.
Purpose[]
Behat is intended to aid communication between developers, clients and other stakeholders during a software development process. It allows the clear documentation of testable examples of the software's intended behaviour. Behat test scenarios are written with Gherkin,[2] a business-readable domain-specific language following defined patterns.
Benefits[]
Tests can be run at any point new code is introduced into a codebase to confirm no regressions within the existing test coverage are introduced. It can be integrated with Selenium and other browser emulators to generate screenshots of failures. Like other BDD frameworks, Behat scenarios are a series of Given, When, and Then steps that explain a business case. The definition of these steps exist within method annotations of a class that extends the BehatContext.[3]
Examples[]
The preconditions after "Given" correspond to the PHP method name to execute:
Feature: Function to test description
Free text
Scenario: Scenario 1
Given preconditions
When actions
Then results
Scenario: Scenario 2
...
References[]
- ^ a b "Behat/CHANGELOG.md at master · Behat/Behat". github.com. Retrieved 2021-03-27.
- ^ "Cucumber Common Components". GitHub. 14 November 2021.
- ^ BDD With Behat - Tuts+ Code Tutorial. Code.tutsplus.com (2013-12-23). Retrieved on 2015-03-19.
External links[]
- Free software programmed in PHP
- PHP
- Software using the MIT license
- Free software testing tools
- Computer programming stubs