Step Object

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Step Object

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Tim Sukhachev
passive
developer
of active tests
6+ years in industry
Step Object Demo:
https://github.com/tsuhachev/steppy

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Agenda
•Intro
•Step Object Layer
•Thucydides
•Generic steps
•Step and Data Logistics
•Step manifesto

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BDD / TDD
WebDriver
Page Object
Looks like happiness, eh?

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My first test ...
It's like .. too detailed DSL
Each ''step” is locked in its “page space”

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Yes, that's page object

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And finally … stuck
ending up with 600+ rows
of similar code

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Step Object is already not a page object …
And not
behavior yet …
Behavior / Tests
Step Object
Page Object
Element Object
Step Object is in between!

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Behavior
Given, When, Then
Step Object
Act and Verify
Set and GetPage Object
Standard/Custom Elements API
Element Object

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Passenger calls taxi
Departure, Epic Feature
Passenger pays driver
Given I arrived to airport
Passenger passes luggage control
Passenger passes gate contol
When I pass luggage and ticket control
Passenger gets the place
Passenger enjoys the flight
Then I’m on board

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passenger.atTaxi().paysForShuttle()
Airport
Taxi
Local Steps
Departure
Global Leaps
passenger.departs()
Board

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Actor package
All Steps Package

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Steps
Step Factory
Step Group

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Generic Steps

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populate(WHAT, WHERE)
WHAT: E extends Entity
WHERE: P extends PageObject

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Generic steps requires:
✔
Generic way of getting / setting
element regardless of a tag Basic HTML or any custom
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Business object (entity)
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Reflection / BeanUtils

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Data Estafette

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No need to know ticket number …
Just hand it over!
I don't need to remember passport details
I just show it!

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Data hand over principles

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Step Manifesto
•Act on behalf
•Align local steps across feature, and global
- across application
•Be generic
•Let your steps operate data