Recommended reading to learn Gherkin

testing rspec bdd specflow gherkin
Ian Ringrose picture Ian Ringrose · Mar 3, 2011 · Viewed 14.6k times · Source

I wish to learn Gherkin so I can use it with specflow; I am looking for a document I can read on the train e.g. print out on paper.

All I can find on the web is short disconnected descriptions that don’t tell a story and require lots of clicking between web pages to read.

(I don't mind buying a good if it has lots of good Gherkin content in it)

Answer

Johnno Nolan picture Johnno Nolan · Mar 4, 2011

The RSpec book is a great book to introduce some of the concepts of BDD, Rspec(as a .net dev you should check out MSpec) and Cucumber which is a based on Gherkin.

The best free printable resource is the awesome cuke4ninja which has a PRINTABLE pdf (follow instructions in README.md on github to create).

NINJA Cucumber!

There is a BNF definition https://github.com/aslakhellesoy/gherkin/wiki/BNF if you are that way inclined.

There's a Cucumber book out now too

EDIT: It looks cuke4ninja.com isn't what it was anymore (it's now some dating site) but the site is still kept on github. The link above has been changed.

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