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Sasha Roussak

Mar 22, 2022

Needs advice

behave

and

Cucumber

Hi everyone!

I am starting in test automation. I like Python direction, but in many roles, Cucumber is asked as the skill. So is behave totally replacing Cucumber or it would be better to learn Java and Cucumber?

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kanika Gupta

Mar 30, 2022

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behave

Hi Sasha, I have used Behave with python before and it’s totally fine to use it. It’s a good framework and you will love it. Regards, Kanika.

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Paolo Lizarazu

March 31st 2022 at 10:00PM

the thing is that you want to apply BDD for your automation and cucumber is good for that but learning BDD with any language and framework will work as the starting point.

here you have a link to use cucumber with python https://code.tutsplus.com/tutorials/behavior-driven-development-in-python--net-26547

but also to use jbehave with java https://jbehave.org/reference/stable/getting-started.html

Needs advice

and

So far, I have worked on UI automation testing using the WebdriverIO+TypeScript+ Cucumber framework. Now my manager wants me to design a framework for API automation testing using TypeScript.

Could someone please suggest if it is ideal to use cucumber for API automation? If not, please provide the reasons. And also, please suggest the best npm packages, framework (Cucumber/ Mocha), API testing module - axios or SuperTest, report generation tool (Allure report or any other) that we can use for API automation testing.

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Needs advice

and

I am a QA heading to a new company where they all generally use Visual Studio Code, my experience is with IntelliJ IDEA and PyCharm. The language they use is JavaScript and so I will be writing my test framework in javaScript so the devs can more easily write tests without context switching.

My 2 questions: Does VS Code have Cucumber Plugins allowing me to write behave tests? And more importantly, does VS Code have the same refactoring tools that IntelliJ IDEA has? I love that I have easy access to a range of tools that allow me to refactor and simplify my code, making code writing really easy.

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Stanislav Petrov

Senior Software Engineer at GfK·Oct 6, 2020

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IntelliJ IDEA

I use Intellij IDEA Ultimate for javascript development and testing. Everything is configured and run smoothly. Visual Studio Code is a basic editor with a rich set of plugins. Making them to work smoothly is challenging sometimes. If you don't have a license for the Ultimate Edition, you can use Intellij EAP builds. The best judgement is to test both tools and see where you perform your work more efficiently. I'd recommend Intellij IDEA IDE for professional development.

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