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Cucumber, an open-source automation testing tool, is widely used for behavior-driven development (BDD) and acceptance test-driven development (ATDD). It facilitates seamless collaboration between non-technical stakeholders—such as business analysts and product owners—and technical team members, including developers and testers. This is achieved by providing a common language for articulating software requirements.
When do you need Cucumber test automation services?
Behavior-driven development (BDD) implementation
When embracing the BDD approach, collaboration between development, QA, and business teams is crucial. As a BDD tool, Cucumber facilitates effective communication through plain-text specifications. Therefore, this is an invaluable choice for scenarios where close collaboration between technical and non-technical stakeholders is paramount.
Enhancing test readability and collaboration
In projects where different team members must work together on test scripts, keeping tests readable is critical. Cucumber uses Gherkin syntax to provide a human-readable format that drives collaboration between all team members. This ensures that both technical and non-technical stakeholders can easily understand and contribute to the testing process.
Validation of user-centric features
For applications heavily focused on user experience, ensuring the smooth work of user-centric features is imperative. Cucumber's specifications based on natural language allow teams to create tests that directly align with user stories, ensuring that the end-user experience is thoroughly validated.
Frequently changed requirements
In dynamic projects where requirements change frequently, updating and executing test cases manually become cumbersome. Cucumber enables easy modification of test scenarios, ensuring that automated tests can adapt swiftly to changing project requirements.
Need for parallel cross-browser testing
As applications need to operate seamlessly across various browsers and environments, executing tests in parallel becomes essential. In combination with tools like Selenium or Appium, Cucumber facilitates parallel cross-browser testing, ensuring comprehensive test coverage across different platforms.
Regression testing efficiency
In environments where continuous integration and continuous deployment are the norm, regression testing must be swift and effective. The automation capabilities of Cucumber enable efficient regression testing, allowing teams to catch and address issues promptly without sacrificing development speed.
Cucumber automation testing services
Revolutionize your BDD-driven testing with our specialized Cucumber automation testing services. Our experienced team delivers comprehensive testing solutions tailored to your unique requirements.
Expert consulting on test automation with Cucumber
Have you decided to lay a course for BDD with Cucumber? Our team of Cucumber experts is ready to guide you through the intricacies, providing expert consulting on test automation. Let our expertise be the compass that drives your success in the world of BDD and Cucumber automation.
Creating test automation plans
Tailored for BDD scenarios, our test automation plans define clear objectives, outline test requirements, provide tech stack data, and identify key metrics to measure the effectiveness of automation efforts. With our customized test automation plans, we ensure alignment with your BDD goals, facilitating a seamless and purposeful journey toward efficient and effective test automation.
Building Cucumber test automation solutions from scratch
Whether you're in the early stages of development or are in a full‑blown development spurt, our team is equipped to create a robust automation solution from scratch, using the power of Cucumber. Rest assured, reliability, scalability, efficiency, and ease of maintenance will be at the core of our solution.
Designing test automation architecture
Our approach to designing a test automation architecture involves meticulous consideration of all nuances. This encompasses structuring feature files, organizing step definitions, implementing data-driven scenarios, enabling parallel execution, ensuring seamless integration with external systems, etc. By addressing these aspects, we deliver an optimized and efficient behavior-driven development (BDD) automation process tailored to the unique requirements of your project.
Integrating tests into CI/CD pipelines
Cucumber can be effectively used in a CI/CD environment. Integrating Cucumber into a CI/CD pipeline is a common practice for us. This way, we ensure that automated tests are executed automatically with each code change, providing developers with quick feedback and maintaining the quality of your software throughout its development lifecycle.
Providing continuous support and maintenance
At DeviQA, we offer ongoing support and maintenance services to keep your Cucumber-based tests up-to-date with changes in your applications and advancements in technology. Rest assured, your test automation solution will operate at its full potential, maintaining efficiency and effectiveness throughout the evolution of your software.
Choose your cooperation model
Ensure seamless integration of Cucumber automation testing into your software development lifecycle by choosing the cooperation model that aligns best with your project goals and preferences.
Staff augmentation
Quickly extend the capabilities of your internal QA team by bringing on board our automation QA engineers well-versed in Cucumber.
Best option for: Short-to-medium-term projects requiring specific expertise in automation testing with Cucumber.
Gain access to an extensive pool of brilliant automation QA engineers with skill sets that your in-house team currently lacks.
Add extra resources for a particular period of time without any long-term commitments.
Quickly adapt to changing project requirements by scaling your team up or down.
Dedicated team
Get at your disposal a dedicated, fully-equipped QA team and manage it directly to ensure comprehensive testing aligned with your requirements.
Best option for: Large-scale projects with evolving requirements and businesses that require a dedicated QA team for continuous testing and support.
A dedicated team works exclusively on your project and is managed by you or your representative.
A dedicated QA team strictly adheres to your internal workflows and policies.
The size and composition of your dedicated QA can be easily adjusted based on your project requirements.
Outsourcing
Relieve yourself from the burden of software testing by outsourcing it to real professionals. Our team can handle the entire QA process, from test planning to test maintenance.
Best option for: Businesses looking to completely offload testing responsibilities and companies striving to cut down testing costs.
Eliminate the need for in-house testing infrastructure, recruitment, and staff training.
Leverage our specialized skills and established testing processes for rapid and effective results.
Access a rich pool of QA professionals with varied skill sets.
Global healthcare giant
- 90%Test coverage
- 1.6k+Test cases created
- X18Faster regression testing run
Our approach to Cucumber testing
Collaborative testing culture
With its plain-language syntax and an emphasis on behavior-driven development principles, Cucumber lets us establish effective communication between developers, QA professionals, and business stakeholders, promoting a shared understanding of project requirements.
Careful analysis
Knowledge is power. Before moving to the active phase, we always carefully study a project, including its peculiarities, requirements, and challenges. Through close communication with all stakeholders and a thorough review of available documentation, we gain valuable insights that empower us to come up with the most suitable test automation strategy.
Maximum scalability
Using Cucumber, we design and build highly scalable test automation solutions to accommodate the evolving testing needs of your projects. This approach ensures flexibility, maintainability, and seamless integration with other tools, facilitating easy adaptation to evolving project requirements.
Parallel test execution
Recognizing the value of time, we use Cucumber’s capability for parallel execution across multiple threads. This way, we can significantly accelerate testing and consequently bring forward releases.
Regular maintenance
Ongoing success in test automation relies on proactive maintenance practices. Our approach involves regular maintenance of Cucumber tests. We update feature files and test scripts to reflect any changes in business requirements or application behavior, review scenarios, refine step definitions, keep dependencies up to date, etc.
Comprehensive reporting
Our commitment to transparency and efficiency extends to comprehensive reporting for Cucumber tests. By leveraging built-in plugins, integrating third-party reporting tools, or even building custom solutions, we provide teams with detailed reports and analytics, enabling them to make informed decisions, track progress, and continuously improve the efficiency of test suites.
What you get
Feel the improvement in
3 days
Reduction in your costs
60%
Accelerate development by
30%
Automation faster in parallel by
56x
Increase test coverage to
95%
We serve
Our expertise and resources allow us to cover the unique needs of various projects, ensuring the delivery of high-quality software solutions that meet both users’ expectations and business goals.
Book a call to hire Cucumber testing experts for a scalable solution that adapts to your growth
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Our certifications
ISO 9001:2015
At DeviQA, we take pride in being an ISO 9001:2015 certified company. This certification represents our unwavering commitment to maintaining the highest standards of quality in every aspect of our software testing services. With a focus on customer satisfaction, we adhere to internationally recognized quality management practices to ensure that our clients receive exceptional and reliable testing solutions. Through continuous improvement and compliance with regulatory requirements, we consistently deliver top-notch testing services that exceed our clients' expectations.
ISO 20000
We understand the crucial role of IT services in modern businesses. As an ISO 20000 certified company, we excel in delivering efficient and effective IT services to our clients. Our customer-centric approach enables us to tailor our testing solutions to suit your unique requirements, ensuring a seamless integration of testing processes into your software development lifecycle. With a focus on continual service improvement, we optimize our IT Service Management practices to guarantee a smooth and satisfying experience for our valued clients.
ISO 27001
The security of our clients' data is of paramount importance to us. As an ISO 27001 certified company, we go above and beyond to protect sensitive information and ensure the confidentiality and integrity of all data entrusted to us. With our robust Information Security Management System (ISMS), we implement stringent security controls, evaluate risks, and take proactive measures to safeguard against potential threats. Rest assured that partnering with us means your valuable data is handled with the utmost care and subject to the highest security standards.
ISTQB
As a testament to our team's expertise and commitment to excellence, our software testing professionals hold the esteemed ISTQB (International Software Testing Qualifications Board) certifications. The ISTQB certification is a globally recognized standard for software testing professionals, signifying their proficiency in the latest testing methodologies, best practices, and industry standards. With ISTQB-certified experts on board, we bring a wealth of knowledge and skills to every testing project, ensuring thorough and precise testing to uncover even the most intricate software defects. Partner with us and benefit from our skilled ISTQB-certified professionals who are dedicated to elevating the quality and reliability of your software products.
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Collaboration process overview
1. Initial contact
During our initial call, we aim to understand your testing requirements and goals
2. Assessment
We evaluate your current testing process and create a tailored plan to enhance it
3. Proof of concept
We offer a complimentary proof of concept, allowing you to experience our proficiency and expertise
4. Trial and evaluation of performance
We start a trial period with you, and once complete, we review the results together and discuss options
5. Contract signing and full-scale QA implementation
Upon mutual agreement, we move forward with the QA process by signing a contract and beginning work
6. Partnership with flexibility
Our engagement options give you commercial flexibility to dial up and dial down resources depending on your own needs
Let’s schedule a call
Flexible collaboration options allow you to choose the level of support that best meets your needs
Questions & answers
What is Cucumber, and what role does it play in test automation?
Cucumber is a widely used open source tool for behavior-driven development (BDD). It not only allows you to automatically verify application behavior, but also to create test scenarios in natural language, easing collaboration between technical and non-technical team members.
Why should I consider Cucumber test automation services for my software testing needs?
Cucumber promotes collaboration between developers, testers, and business stakeholders. This, in turn, results in more effective communication and a better understanding of application requirements. Leveraging Cucumber, we create readable and executable documentation, ensuring comprehensive test coverage.
For which types of applications are Cucumber test automation services suitable?
Cucumber test automation services can be applied to a wide range of applications, including web applications, APIs, and mobile applications. It is also worth noting that Cucumber supports various programming languages, making it adaptable to different technology stacks.
How does Cucumber assist with creating maintainable and reusable automated tests?
Cucumber promotes the use of reusable and modular step definitions, making test scripts easy to maintain and update. Our Cucumber experts structure test scenarios in a way that ensures easy and efficient test maintainability as your application evolves.
Can Cucumber be integrated with other testing tools and frameworks?
Yes, Cucumber can be integrated with the most popular testing tools and frameworks, including Selenium, Appium, and JUnit. Our test automation services suggest seamless integration with diverse tools, providing a comprehensive testing solution that aligns with your specific technology stack and testing requirements.
How does Cucumber support cross-functional collaboration in the testing process?
Cucumber promotes collaboration by allowing all stakeholders to clearly understand test scenarios and even write them on their own using plain language. This facilitates better communication between technical and non-technical team members, ensuring that everyone is on the same page.
Is Cucumber suitable for both agile and traditional development environments?
Yes, Cucumber is well-suited for both agile and traditional development environments. Its flexibility and adaptability make it a valuable tool for teams practicing various development methodologies. Our test automation services can be tailored to fit the specific needs of your development process.