Aquileo | Setting Up Cucumber

Before setting up the project, it's essential to ensure the foundational components, like Java & Maven/Gradle installation. Make sure you have installed Java & Maven in your System.

Here are the steps to Set up Cucumber:

Step 1. Set Up Maven Project

Open your preferred IDE such as IntelliJ IDEA , Eclipse or NetBeans. And create a new Maven Project. Please Specify the " artifactId " and " groupId " for the project. Usually they are like as " com.example.cucumber " and " CucumberTestingProject ".

Now , select the appropriate JDK Version for the project and make sure it must be compatible with latest cucumber version.

Screenshot-2024-09-13-182516 — Maven Setup in Cucumber Testing Project

If in-case you use Gradle , then Open the IDE and create new Gradle project. Similar to Maven , specify the project group & name fields for your project. Also specify the source compatibility , to match the current version of JDK & project version.

Once the project is created , the project structure looks like :

src/main/java: Contains Application Code
src/test/java: Contains test code , here all cucumber tests will present.
src/test/resources: Contains all the features files

Screenshot-2024-09-13-183749 — Project Structure

2. Add Dependencies to `pom.xml`

Cucumber requires some specific dependencies to work with a Java project and depending on whether you're using Maven or Gradle , you need to add these specific dependencies to your project file.

In case user use the Maven, then all these dependencies are need to be added into the " pom.xml " file under the " <dependencies> " section.
Pom.xml

XML

<dependencies>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>io.cucumber</groupId>
        <artifactId>cucumber-java</artifactId>
        <version>7.0.0</version>
        <scope>test</scope>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>io.cucumber</groupId>
        <artifactId>cucumber-junit</artifactId>
        <version>7.0.0</version>
        <scope>test</scope>
    </dependency>
</dependencies>

If in-case the user uses the Gradle as build tool , then add the following dependencies under the " dependencies " section of " build.gradle " file.

XML

dependencies {
	testImplementation 'io.cucumber:cucumber-java:7.0.0'
	testImplementation 'io.cucumber:cucumber-junit:7.0.0'
}

After adding all these dependencies , please refresh project or to synchronize your project to download all these required library to your local system from the remote server.

By following the above mentioned steps , you will have a Cucumber setup with Java and be able to start writing your own customized BDD Scenarios.

Setting Up Cucumber

Step 1. Set Up Maven Project

2. Add Dependencies to pom.xml

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2. Add Dependencies to `pom.xml`