Automated Testing - Behat on Windows ā In 30 minutes.
For those of you the have not encountered it, Behat is a framework for automated testing and behaviour driven development (BDD). As part of this installation we will also add the Mink extension to Behat that will provide a library of the most common predefined test steps and automation via a browser (e.g. Google Chrome).
Why Behat? For starters, itās free and has a tiny footprint. Ā It can also run on any operating system. Behat uses cucumber like syntax (readable English) to structure its tests making them definable and readable for a non-developer. Ā There are also several add-ons for specific web applications (e.g. Drupal, WordPress, Moodle, etc.). Most importantly it speeds up the development and modification of test packs.
When I first started to use Behat, I could not find a definitive guide to installing Behat within a Windows environment. Ā Although installing it is not difficult, I thought I would produce a Ā quick guide to getting it implemented in 30 minutes.
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