Per Åkerberg's (@perakerberg) presentation from MeetUI 2013, SoapUI's first user conference, in Stockholm, Sweden. Per is a .Net developer at Centiro Solutions.

1. Implementing the click
Using Gherkin with SoapUI
Per Åkerberg
@perakerberg / per.akerberg@centiro.com

2. What is a click?

3. Personal clicks

4. Personal clicks

5. Professional clicks

6. Professional clicks

7. BDD: Behavior-driven development
Executable specifications in plain English
Emphasis on communication
Living documentation

8. Gherkin – the BDD language
Feature: Cash withdrawal
In order to get some spending money
As a bank customer
I want to withdraw cash from my account
Scenario: Sufficent funds in account
Given I have $100 in my account
When I withdraw $50
Then $50 is dispensed
And my account balance is $50
Feature
Scenario
Steps
Gherkin

9. Feature
Scenario
Steps
Gherkin
Feature: Cash withdrawal
In order to get some spending money
As a bank customer
I want to withdraw cash from my account
Scenario: Insufficent funds in account
Given I have $100 in my account
When I withdraw $500
Then I am greeted with a ”sorry, no cash for you” message
Gherkin – the BDD language

10. BDD Tools
The tool is not important – but you need one
SoapUI?

11. How Gherkin and SoapUI click
Feature
Scenario
Step
Test suite
Test case
Test step

12. How Gherkin and SoapUI click
Feature
Scenario
Steps

13. Isolated tests

14. Reuse over copy-paste

15. Consistent structure and naming

16. More what, less how

17. Wider scope – more end to end

18. Tests become documentation

19. An easy way into BDD
Improved communication
Better tests
Increased utilization of SoapUI features
Tests become documentation
How it changed us

20. http://blog.smartbear.com/software-quality/click-using-gherkin-with-soapui/

21. Thank you.
Per Åkerberg
@perakerberg / per.akerberg@centiro.com