All about Lettuce

Lettuce is a Python BDD type clone of Cucumber. To the day Lettuce does not have quite all the features of Cucumber but it can still do a great job describing and performing BDD on your application.

Install

The easiest way to get started is to install Lettuce using pip. If you are new to Python, you might want to spend a little time understanding pip and basic Python techniques.

$ pip install lettuce

You might have to install python-Levenshtein depending on your Python install.

$ pip install python-Levenshtein

Now lets create some basic folder structure.

$ mkdir lettuce
$ cd lettuce
$ mkdir features

Lets create a feature file using Gherkin within the features folder.

test1.feature

Feature: Test 1

  Scenario: Add 2 Numbers
    Given There are numbers 2 and 3
    When added together
    Then they equal 5

Once we have the feature lets build us some easy steps to make them pass.

If you are new to Python please take care to note the indentions in your .py files. General rule of thumb on Python is to use 4 spaces.

from lettuce import *
@step(u'Given There are numbers 2 and 3')
def given_there_are_numbers_2_and_3(step):
    world.a = 2
    world.b = 3

@step(u'When added together')
def when_added_together(step):
    world.total = world.a + world.b

@step(u'Then they equal 5')
def then_they_equal_5(step):
    assert (world.total == 5), 'Amount should equal 5'

Test Cookbook

All about Lettuce

Install