17. Move test steps into Rspec hooks

Make the code more concise and clear.

Learning Objectives

• Move refactoring

  • move multiple test steps to `before(:all)` hook

• Auto-complete a function (defined in test helper)

• Move refactoring

  • move single test step to `before(:all)` hook

  • move test steps to `before(:each)` hook

Tasks

Task 1. Move sign-in steps to `before(:all)`

1. passenger_spec.rb

  before(:all) do
    @driver = Selenium::WebDriver.for(browser_type, browser_options)
    driver.manage().window().resize_to(1280, 800)
    driver.get("https://travel.agileway.net")
  end

  after(:all) do
    driver.quit unless debugging?
  end

  it "User can enter passenger details" do
    driver.find_element(:id, "username").send_keys("agileway")
    driver.find_element(:name, "password").send_keys("testwise")
    driver.find_element(:name, "commit").click
    expect(page_text).to include("Signed in!")
    driver.find_element(:xpath, "//input[@value='oneway']").click
    # more steps ...
  end

Select the three sign-in steps, and then select the menu “Refactor” → “Move …”.

Select “1 Move to before(:all)”.

Preview in the popup Move dialog.

Click the “Refactor” button to confirm.

The test script fragment becomes: