behave

Installation

This distribution is glue. It pulls in the two pieces it sits between, but the browser itself comes from WWW::Playwright, which needs Node and a Chromium binary.

The three pieces#

  • BDD::Behave — the describe/context/it/expect DSL and the matcher protocol. Pure Raku.
  • WWW::Playwright — drives a real browser through a long-lived Node sidecar. Needs Node, the playwright npm package, and a Chromium binary.
  • BDD::Behave::Playwright — this distribution. Lifecycle hooks and matchers that connect the two. It does no browser driving of its own.

Install#

Installing this distribution brings in both Raku dependencies:

zef install BDD::Behave::Playwright

Install the browser runtime#

WWW::Playwright's sidecar needs its npm dependencies and a Chromium binary. After installing, run its installer once:

install

That runs npm install for the sidecar and npx playwright install chromium. You also need Node available on PATH (override with PLAYWRIGHT_NODE).

Verify#

A one-example spec confirms the whole stack resolves and a browser launches:

use BDD::Behave;
use BDD::Behave::Playwright;

describe 'smoke', {
  playwright-page(fixture => 'specs/fixtures/hello.html');

  it 'loads the page', {
    expect(page.locator('#greeting')).to.be-visible;
  }
}