Getting Started with Ruby, Cucumber, and Capybara on Windows

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1. 

   Vimal 2011-11-14

   Hi,

   This is a great posting and very explanatory. However the purpose i was reading through it from the subject is not explained here. I was looking for something to know, how can i test my windows application with cucumber and Ruby.

   Maybe as i am new to, i might not have understood most., but is it possible to explain it in detail. On can we test Windows based application using Ruby and cucumber.

   Thanks,
   Vimal

   1. 

      Richard Lawrence 2011-11-14

      @Vimal – This post is about testing a web application from Windows using Ruby. I’m not sure what Windows application drivers are available in Ruby, though a quick search turned up win32-autogui. You might try that in place of Capybara.

2. 

   Serguei Cambour 2011-11-21

   I got a Timeout error:
   [code]
   Feature: Demo
   Make sure Cucumber and Capybara are wired up properly

   Scenario: Search Google # featuresdemo.feature:4
   When I search Google for “cucumber” # features/step_definitions/demo_steps.rb:1
   Timeout::Error (Timeout::Error)
   C:/Ruby192/lib/ruby/1.9.1/net/protocol.rb:140:in `rescue in rbuf_fill’
   C:/Ruby192/lib/ruby/1.9.1/net/protocol.rb:134:in `rbuf_fill’
   C:/Ruby192/lib/ruby/1.9.1/net/protocol.rb:116:in `readuntil’
   C:/Ruby192/lib/ruby/1.9.1/net/protocol.rb:126:in `readline’
   C:/Ruby192/lib/ruby/1.9.1/net/http.rb:2219:in `read_status_line’
   C:/Ruby192/lib/ruby/1.9.1/net/http.rb:2208:in `read_new’
   C:/Ruby192/lib/ruby/1.9.1/net/http.rb:1191:in `transport_request’
   C:/Ruby192/lib/ruby/1.9.1/net/http.rb:1177:in `request’
   C:/Ruby192/lib/ruby/1.9.1/net/http.rb:1170:in `block in request’
   C:/Ruby192/lib/ruby/1.9.1/net/http.rb:627:in `start’
   C:/Ruby192/lib/ruby/1.9.1/net/http.rb:1168:in `request’
   ./features/step_definitions/demo_steps.rb:2:in `/^I search Google for “(.*)”$/’
   featuresdemo.feature:5:in `When I search Google for “cucumber”‘
   Then there should be a result for “cukes.info/” # features/step_definitions/demo_steps.rb:7

   Failing Scenarios:
   cucumber featuresdemo.feature:4 # Scenario: Search Google

   1 scenario (1 failed)
   2 steps (1 failed, 1 skipped)
   1m19.597s
   [/code]
   on Windows XP, SP3, behind a proxy,
   RubyGems Environment:
   – RUBYGEMS VERSION: 1.7.2
   – RUBY VERSION: 1.9.2 (2011-07-09 patchlevel 290) [i386-mingw32]
   – INSTALLATION DIRECTORY: C:/Ruby192/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1
   – RUBY EXECUTABLE: C:/Ruby192/bin/ruby.exe
   – EXECUTABLE DIRECTORY: C:/Ruby192/bin
   – RUBYGEMS PLATFORMS:
   – ruby
   – x86-mingw32
   – GEM PATHS:
   – C:/Ruby192/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1
   – U:/.gem/ruby/1.9.1
   – GEM CONFIGURATION:
   – :update_sources => true
   – :verbose => true
   – :benchmark => false
   – :backtrace => false
   – :bulk_threshold => 1000
   – REMOTE SOURCES:
   – http://rubygems.org/
   – cucumber version : 1.7.2

   1. 

      Richard Lawrence 2011-11-21

      @Serguei – Your timeout seems be related to your proxy. I haven’t tried Capybara with a proxy. It’s using Net::Http under the covers (as you can see from the stack trace). I’d suggest searching for “ruby net http proxy” or something similar to see what you can turn up. Or, post your question to the Capybara Google group.

3. 

   Vikram 2012-02-07

   I downloaded ansicon from Github, but there is no executable in it. CMD does not recognizes the ansicon command.

   1. 

      Richard Lawrence 2012-02-07

      @Vikram – Github only has the source code for ansicon. Looks like the download link for ansicon in my post had broken for some reason. I’ve updated it to the new one: http://adoxa.3eeweb.com/ansicon/. You should find an executable in that package.

4. 

   Serguei Cambour 2012-02-07

   You should download a zip file ‘ansi150.zip’ from: https://github.com/adoxa/ansicon/downloads. Unzip it somewhere and you will get a folder that contains x64, x86 folders and some C files. Inside of ‘x86’ folder you will find a ‘ansicon.exe’ file to be executed. You can later create a shortcut on your desktop pointing to it.

5. 

   Vikram 2012-02-07

   Richard, thanks a bunch for the new link!

6. 

   Deola 2012-03-19

   Mr Richard Lawrence , you have save me from countless hours of trying to get cucumber working on my system ,i am very grateful to you for putting up this tutorial

7. 

   Allison 2012-03-28

   When I attempted to run the command “gem install cucumber”, I obtained the below error:
   Error: Error installing cucumber:
   ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.
   C:/Ruby187/bin/ruby.exe extconf.rb creating Makefile
   make
   ‘make’ is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

   I am using Windows7.

   1. 

      Richard Lawrence 2012-03-28

      @Allison – Did you install the DevKit mentioned in step 3? Your error looks like the tools to compile a C extension are missing.

      1. 

         Allison 2012-03-29

         Thank you Richard for your prompt response. I did omit extracting the files in the DevKit. I have now successfully installed cucumber.

8. 

   Moy 2012-07-06

   absolutely flawless instruction .. Thank you

9. 

   Irvin 2012-07-27

   Very easy to follow and clear instructions. You’re page has saved me numerous hours of searching for details on Ruby and Cucumber set up for Windows.

   Many thanks.

10. 

    Oliver 2012-08-27

    I’m getting a 404 error on the link: Ruby, Cucumber, and Capybara Starter Project.
    It would be great to look at the project

    1. 

       Richard Lawrence 2012-08-27

       @Oliver – Not sure why that file was missing, but I’ve uploaded it again, and it seems to work now. Thanks for letting me know.

11. 

    ram 2012-08-31

    Any suggestions for a free IDE for Ruby + Cucumber than JetBrains RubyMine

    1. 

       Richard Lawrence 2012-09-01

       I don’t know of a good free alternative to RubyMine. There’s a Cucumber plugin for Vim if you like that.

       1. 

          ram 2012-09-04

          I am trying to explore: Aptana Studio/ NetBeans IDE with some plugins, hope it will work out, if not I will take a look at this one: http://qastrategies.blogspot.com/2012/06/bdd-framework-to-run-groovy-scripts.html

          1. 

             Harv Gill 2012-10-11

             I use “Sublime Text 2” it’s not free, but it’s free to try for an unlimited amount of time. It’s also not as sophisticated as Aptana Studio or RubyMine, but I like it a lot because it still has auto complete for functions/variablenames, etc…

       2. 

          LongRed 2012-11-05

          There’ s a syntax highlighting for notepad++ around.

12. 

    Heider 2012-10-24

    I have the following error: Ruby on Rails – error when running cucumber: You have already activated activesupport 3.2.8, but your Gemfile requires activesupport 3.1.0.

    any one can help

    1. 

       Richard Lawrence 2012-10-24

       @Heider – I’d recommend posting to the cukes Google group or a Rails community. You’ll get better help there.

13. 

    Karol 2012-10-26

    Nice tutorial but can you explain what all those files in side the ruby-capybara do ?
    like inside the .idea folder and so on. how to they link to other components, which files are necessary for the project to run. How do you actually build a project form scratch.

    Thanks

    1. 

       Richard Lawrence 2012-10-26

       @Karol – The ruby-capybara Google group would be a good place to ask your questions.

14. 

    Neeraj Srivastava 2012-11-08

    This is my first time I am trying this tool for my web-based application… Looking for more support on this..

    1. 

       Richard Lawrence 2012-11-08

       @Neeraj – Check out the cukes and ruby-capybara Google groups for places to get answers as you learn the tools.

15. 

    TJ_M 2012-12-05

    Brilliant! many thanks…

    I’m a newbie who has run into some capybara-webkit issues who truly appreciates the help in proving I can establish some functionality in my windows7 environment.

    I ran your cucumber test. The 1 scenario and the 2 steps all passed. Firefox window launched, ran the test, and then shut down as quickly.

    One (two) question(s): Is the following error message expected? Or does it suggest I still have a configuration issue?
    !!! error running onStopped callback: TypeError: callback is not a function
    *** LOG addons.xpi: shutdown

    1. 

       Richard Lawrence 2012-12-05

       The capybara Google group would be your best place to get an answer.

16. 

    trevor 2012-12-30

    Richard –

    THANK YOU!!! You didn’t miss a step. I cannot tell you how frustrated I get by the amazing amount of omissions people tend to have in this kind of instruction. Yours were flawless.

    I do have one question though. I get 1 scenario (i passed) then, 2 steps (2 passed) but then…
    !!! error running onStopped callback: TypeError: callback is not a function…

    do you get this error?

    1. 

       Richard Lawrence 2012-12-31

       @trevor – This looks like an issue between Selenium and Firefox. The capybara Google group would be your best place to get a specific answer on what to do about it.

17. 

    Deepak Uppal 2013-01-24

    Thanks a lot for this Richard. I got the project set up nicely and the tests run fine. But I am also getting the same error mentioned by trevor i.e.

    “!!! error running onStopped callback: TypeError: callback is not a function…”

    I get this after the execution is finished.

18. 

    Yamini Patel 2013-03-11

    I am getting following message: Not sure what I am doing wrong. Everything installed fine.

    C:Ruby187bin>cucumber
    Feature: Demo
    Make sure Cucumber and Capybara are wired up properly

    Scenario: Search Google # featuresdemo.feature:4
    When I search Google for “cucumber” # featuresdemo.feature:5
    Then there should be a result for “cukes.info/” # featuresdemo.feature:6

    1 scenario (1 undefined)
    2 steps (2 undefined)
    0m0.025s

    You can implement step definitions for undefined steps with these snippets:

    When(/^I search Google for “(.*?)”$/) do |arg1|
    pending # express the regexp above with the code you wish you had
    end

    Then(/^there should be a result for “(.*?)”$/) do |arg1|
    pending # express the regexp above with the code you wish you had
    end

    If you want snippets in a different programming language,
    just make sure a file with the appropriate file extension
    exists where cucumber looks for step definitions.

    1. 

       Richard Lawrence 2013-03-11

       @Yamini – That’s Cucumber not being able to find the Ruby step definitions. They should be under features/step_definitions from your working directory. Are they?

19. 

    sudha 2013-04-08

    HI

    I am new using ruby and cucumber. I installed ruby and all the gem files etc. however, I do not know how to use cucumber. Can you please guide me. I appreciate your help. Thanks.

    1. 

       sudha 2013-04-10

       HI

       Thanks for your response. I have all these under features/step definitions in my C: directory. However, when I type in to the command prompt it comes back as project folder not found. Can you please help me. thanks.

20. 

    Ben 2013-04-09

    Great help. Thanks much! FYI – I was getting a “stack level too deep (SystemStackError)” at gherkin_builder.rb:100, but when I switched from Ruby 2.0.0 to 1.9.3 the problem went away.

21. 

    sudha 2013-04-15

    HI

    I created a features directory and ran cucumber and I am getting0scenarios, 0 steps and 0m0.000…After this what do I need to enter in the command to create or adding a scenario. I am new to cucumber. I am learning. I have not used command. Please help me with the commands that I can enter in order to set up a scenario to get fail and pass results. I appreciate your help.
    If I type features/adding.feature: I am getting an error saying feature is not recognized as an internal or external command operable program or batch file error.

    1. 

       Richard Lawrence 2013-04-15

       @sudha – Try using the starter project in step 12 above, which will give you all the pieces you need. You might also check out the Cucumber website, which has links to tutorials and other documentation.

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