Cucumber and How to Install it.

Cucumber is a tool that executes plain-text functional descriptions as automated tests. It does a pretty good job of executing automated tests and spitting out reports in various formats, including HTML,PDF, JUnit (for integration with continuous build tools) and colour text on the screen.

Cucumber files are plain-text which makes it possible to edit & can be easily understood by the person who is new.

The language that Cucumber understands is called Gherkin. Gherkin is the language for describing Cucumber feature files. It is also the name of a separate piece of software that interprets that language.

Gherkin, the language, defines the structure of a feature file and the keywords that can be used to describe features.

Cucumber Installation

Below are the steps to install cucumber on the system -

• Go to http://railsinstaller.org/, download and install Kit on C:\railsinstaller after installation go to command prompt and type 'ruby -v'. It will show the ruby help.
• Then run 'gem update --system' command on command prompt.
• Now install gems by executing the command as follows:

                    C:\Sites>gem install <gem name>

              The gems required to be installed while running the cucumber are as follows:

                                    gem 'cucumber'

                                    gem ‘rspec’

                                    gem ‘watir’

                                    gem ‘activerecord’

                                    gem ‘factory_girl’

                                    gem ‘database_cleaner’

                                    gem ‘win32-clipboard’

                                    gem ‘ruby-odbc’

                                    gem 'activerecord-sqlserver-adapter'

                                    gem 'faker'

                                    gem 'chronic'