rspec users - Sep 2008 - Story Runner => Cucumber(duplicate steps)!

Hi,

I am currently moving over my Watir Story Runner tests over to Cucumber.

However, I have a verification_steps.rb that holds these two steps

  Then "the user is at ''$title'' page" do |title|
  browser.wait_until_includes(title)
  end

   Given "the user is at ''$title'' page" do |title|
  browser.wait_until_includes(title)
  end


I think these *are* both valid ''Whens'' and
''Thens'', but I am getting a
duplicate error from Cucumber.

Any opinions or suggestions please?

Aidy
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On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 11:18 AM, aidy lewis <aidy.lewis at
googlemail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am currently moving over my Watir Story Runner tests over to Cucumber.
>
> However, I have a verification_steps.rb that holds these two steps
>
>   Then "the user is at ''$title'' page" do
|title|
>   browser.wait_until_includes(title)
>   end
>
>    Given "the user is at ''$title'' page" do
|title|
>   browser.wait_until_includes(title)
>   end
>
>
> I think these *are* both valid ''Whens'' and
''Thens'', but I am getting a
> duplicate error from Cucumber.
I see a Given and a Then. Can you clarify?
>
> Any opinions or suggestions please?
>
> Aidy

On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 6:18 PM, aidy lewis <aidy.lewis at googlemail.com>
wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am currently moving over my Watir Story Runner tests over to Cucumber.
>
> However, I have a verification_steps.rb that holds these two steps
>
>   Then "the user is at ''$title'' page" do
|title|
>   browser.wait_until_includes(title)
>   end
>
>    Given "the user is at ''$title'' page" do
|title|
>   browser.wait_until_includes(title)
>   end
>
>
> I think these *are* both valid ''Whens'' and
''Thens'', but I am getting a
> duplicate error from Cucumber.
>
> Any opinions or suggestions please?
>
Cucumber doesn''t distinguish between Given/When/Then. Just delete one
of them.

On a more semantic note - I usually recommend that:

* Given and When steps be expressed (grammatically) as non-negotiable facts
* Then steps be expressed (grammatically) as expectations ("should be
at the home page")
http://www.englishpage.com/modals/should.html

"Then" steps represent the outputs of your system, which is often
related to the feature''s *business value*. What you get out of a
system and it''s behaviour is not a fact, it''s an expectation
;-)

Aslak
> Aidy
>
>
>
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