Cucumber Deep Dive E-Learning Training

This Cucumber Deep Dive Training provides a comprehensive journey into Behavior-Driven Development (BDD), equipping you with the skills to build scalable and maintainable test frameworks using Cucumber.

You begin with the fundamentals, learning how to add and manage assertions within scenarios, ensuring accurate validation of expected outcomes while maintaining readability for both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Next, you dive into step definition techniques, including:

• Capture groups
• Wildcards
• Multiple arguments

This enables you to handle dynamic inputs and create flexible, reusable test steps.

The training continues with data-driven testing, where you learn to work with:

• Doc Strings (multiline inputs)
• Data Tables
• External data sources

You will also learn how to reduce duplication using:

• Transformers
• Helper methods

Additionally, you explore the Cucumber World object, allowing you to share context across multiple steps and scenarios—essential for complex workflows.

To ensure maintainability, the course covers best practices for organizing test suites:

• Structuring features and scenarios using directories
• Applying tags at feature and scenario levels
• Grouping features into subfolders

Finally, you will explore advanced execution techniques, including:

• Command-line configuration with profiles
• Scalable test execution
• Managing multi-step workflows

Outcome

After completing this training, you will be able to:

• Build professional BDD test frameworks
• Create reusable and scalable Cucumber tests
• Manage complex test scenarios efficiently
• Develop data-driven and maintainable testing solutions

This LearningKit with more than 3 hours of learning is divided into three tracks:

Demo Cucumber Deep Dive Training

Course Outcome

Working with Assertions in Cucumber Scenarios

Course: 46 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Setting Up a Maven Project for Cucumber Tests
• Running Scenarios with Basic Assertions
• Implementing Best Practices for Assertions
• Viewing Assertion Failures in HTML Reports
• Exploring Hard and Soft Assertions in TestNG
• Course Summary

Cucumber Capture Groups, Result States, Doc Strings, and Data Tables

Course: 1 Hour, 37 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Exploring Single and Multiple {string} Capture Groups
• Capturing {int}, {float}, and {word} Values in Feature Files
• Defining Custom Capture Groups Using Transformers
• Using Regular Expressions for Capture and Non-Capturing Groups
• Interpreting Result States in Cucumber
• Using Doc Strings to Specify Unstructured Test Input
• Parsing JSON Data in Doc Strings with Jackson
• Using Data Tables for Two-Column Key-Value Test Data
• Parsing Single-Column and Multi-Column Data Tables
• Accessing Test Data from External CSV Files
• Course Summary

Cucumber Transformers and Shared Context for Multi-Step Workflows

Course: 51 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Using Transformers to Preprocess Values
• Mapping Doc Strings and Data Tables with Transformers
• Setting Up a Multi-Step Workflow Using the Page Object Model
• Implementing Shared Context with Cucumber World Objects
• Organizing and Running Feature Files Individually
• Running Cucumber Tests from the Command Line
• Course Summary

Assessment:
     •  Final Exam: Cucumber Deep Dive