getting_started.md

Getting started

eZ Platform BehatBundle is a bundle created to make development of Behat tests for eZ Platform easier and quicker. If you're new to Behat you can get familiar with it by browsing Behat's documentation.

How can I use BehatBundle in my project?

This bundle has higher testing levels (system testing and acceptance testing) in mind. You can use it to:

• put your system under test in the desired state
  • create necessary Content Types, Content items, Users etc.
  • create required YAML configuration using code
  • put required code examples in place
• test your system with a browser
  • make use of our browser test framework to speed up your development
  • in case of test failure get access to browser and server logs and take automatic screenshots

More reading

eZ Platform uses following libraries for Behat Development:

• Behat as a BDD framework for PHP
• Mink as browser driver abstraction
• Faker for random data generation
• PHPUnit for test assertions
• Fastest as a parallel test runner