Behat

What we will cover

• What is Behat?
• Why are we using it?
• What are we going to test with Behat?
• Running tests
• Writing tests
• Helpful commands

What is Behat?

An opensource automated testing system, written in PHP. It is used to do Behavioral/Acceptance/Customer testing.

Why are we using it?

• It has a lot of traction in the Drupal community.
• Plain English syntax, means that anyone can write tests.
• Can connect to browser emulators that support JavaScript.

Example of a test

As much as we can

What are we going to test with Behat?

As much as we can

Setting up and running tests on NGLocal

1. Checkout nglocal/feature/testing and cu_fit/testing

   cd [directory/for/nglocal]
   git pull
   git checkout feature/testing
   
   cd ~/data/code/dslm_base/profiles/cu_fit-current
   git pull
   git checkout testing

2. Go to your nglocal directory and run

   								./start.sh
   							

Setting up and running tests on NGLocal (cont.)

1. In your nglocal directory run

   								./test.sh
   							

This will do a clean install of cu_fit and run the test suite.

Currently it takes ~21 minutes