Cucumber

Cucumber supports BDD, and enables using features and scenarios written in a human-readable language.

In this section:

• Cucumber
  • Prerequisites
  • Cucumber support
• Enabling Cucumber Support in Project
• Creating .Feature Files
• Creating Step Definition
• Navigating from .Feature File to Step Definition
• Creating Examples Table in Scenario Outline
• Running Cucumber Tests

Prerequisites

Cucumber becomes available in IntelliJ IDEA, provided that the following prerequisites are met:

• Cucumber for Java:
  • Cucumber for Java bundled plugin is enabled.
  • cucumber-java version 1.xx is specified as a dependency.
• Cucumber for Groovy:
  • Cucumber for Groovy bundled plugin is enabled.
  • cucumber-groovy version 1.xx is specified as a dependency.

Cucumber support

IntelliJ IDEA supports Cucumber for Java and Cucumber for Groovy.

Cucumber feature files are marked with  icon.

Cucumber support includes:

• Syntax and error highlighting.
• Quick fix to create step definitions.
• Navigation between step definitions and steps.
• Possibility to describe steps in English or any other language specified in the # language: comment.
• Run/debug configuration.
• Possibility to run all features in a directory, a feature, or a single step within a feature.