What is best practice for using BPOE? about behatpageobjectextension

[bartonhammond]

@DonCallisto Thank you very much! I can chew on this awhile.

[DonCallisto]

Usually I split my context for "Subject --> Action", something like "User --> SignupContext, LoginContext, ResetPasswordContext" and so on.
It could be the case where contexts has same steps: I don't mind as I build my suites as follows

default:
  suites:
    ui_alunno_import:
      paths:
        - '%paths.base%/Features/Alunno'
      contexts:
        - NuvolaBehat\Context\Ui\Alunno\ImportContext
        - NuvolaBehat\Context\Ui\Ata\ScegliAreaDiLavoroContext
        - NuvolaBehat\Context\Ui\Hook\UiHookContext
        - NuvolaBehat\Context\Ui\Utente\ImpersonaContext
        - NuvolaBehat\Context\Ui\Utente\LoginContext
      filters:
        tags: "@alunno_import && @ui" 

This way I use only Context that I really need.

Don't know if this can help you.
Moreover I can't see how this problem could be related to this extension.

[jakzal]

The idea behind page objects it to encapsulate all page interactions and page details extraction in page objects. Your context files will only call page objects to perform an action, or ask a page object for some page details (like title, header, if something is present on the page etc).

This way you avoid duplication as all the gressy details are in one place (page objects). You still might have to call the same page object in a similar way from multiple contexts. These one liners are usually not a big deal.

Sometimes it's worth to reconsider how you group your steps around contexts. It's not easy thing to do in cucumber implementations in general, whether you use the PO extension or not.

[bartonhammond]

Thanks @jakzal & @DonCallisto - I appreciate your feedback - I'm not sure exactly how to address this but it's comforting to know it's not a problem specific w/ me.

[DonCallisto]

@bartonhammond Take a look at Sylius.
I can't remember if they're using this extension - probably not - but the approach they follow to structure Features and Contexts is similar to what I've tried to explain with my snippet.
Maybe you can find there some useful techniques.

Good luck!