Cucumber Hooks Tutorial

This tutorial will guide you through the basics of using hooks in Cucumber, a popular tool for automated testing. Hooks are a powerful feature that allow you to execute code before or after each step or scenario. They are essential for setting up your environment and cleaning up after your tests.

What are Hooks?

Hooks are functions that are executed at specific points in your Cucumber test suite. They can be used to:

Initialize the test environment
Set up test data
Clean up after the test
Perform actions before or after each step or scenario

Types of Hooks

Cucumber supports several types of hooks:

Before/After Scenario Hooks: Executed before or after each scenario.
Before/After Step Hooks: Executed before or after each step.
Before/After Suite Hooks: Executed before or after the entire suite.

Example

Here's an example of a hook that is executed before each scenario:

Before do
  @browser = Watir::Browser.new :chrome
end

This hook initializes a new browser instance before each scenario, which can be used to navigate through your application.

Useful Resources

For more information on Cucumber hooks, you can refer to the following resources: