Anti-Patterns in Test Automation - Part 2
Welcome to part 2 of the anti-pattern series. And I can't wait to start because I am beginning this article with a very famous BDD testing and collaboration tool Cucumber. Let's jump right into it. Cucumber in Every Recipe Before I say anything, I want you to read this - "If you need a testing tool for driving a mouse and a keyboard, don't use Cucumber. There are other tools to do this with far less abstraction and typing overhead than Cucumber." -Aslak Hellesøy, creator of Cucumber So if you are not following the process of BDD in your product development, then there exists one anti-pattern that is undoubtedly going to give you a hard time to achieve benefits from test automation success. And it is using Cucumber or other similar styling tools. And if you want to review your decision, you can do it now. If you are already too deep into it, consider starting a new suite for future testing. Getting up and running with a suite does not take time. Even if it did, it