behat

Lessons Learned from 2+ Years of Using Behat

John Bickar — Sun, 12 Mar 2017 17:39:50 +0000

At the 2017 Stanford Drupal Camp, I facilitated a conversation about "Lessons Learned from 2+ Years Using Behat".

Behat Custom Step Definition: Wait for Batch API to Finish

John Bickar — Fri, 13 Feb 2015 22:00:00 +0000

If you're using Behat and the Drupal Extension, you might find the following code snippet helpful if you want to add a step to wait for batch jobs to finish.

If one of your Behat scenarios kicks off a batch job (e.g., a Feeds import), and you want to wait for that batch job to finish before moving on to the next step, add this step definition in your FeatureContext.php file:

The (Wo)Man and the Machine: Automated Testing, User Stories, and Code Refactoring

John Bickar — Tue, 20 Jan 2015 17:00:31 +0000

I gave a lightning talk at the Stanford University IT Unconference on October 30th, 2014, titled, "The (Wo)Man and the Machine: Automated Testing, User Stories, and Code Refactoring".

In five minutes, I outline how (and more importantly why) we use Behat to run automated tests to improve user experience and support large-scale code deployment and refactoring.

Video is below.