Setting up behat and connecting with Symfony 2.8 and Mink

Install package and dependancies
- Remember to set minimum-stability eq dev as there is no stable version of the package.

"require-dev": {
        "behat/mink-extension": "^2.1",
        "behat/mink-goutte-driver": "^1.2",
        "behat/mink-selenium2-driver": "^1.3",
        "phpunit/phpunit": "5.2.*",
        "behat/symfony2-extension": "^2.1"
},

"minimum-stability": "dev",
"prefer-stable": true

Create behat.yml on the root of your application

default:
  extensions:
    Behat\MinkExtension:
      base_url: http://localhost:8000
      goutte: ~
      selenium2: ~

    Behat\Symfony2Extension: ~

  suites:
    default:
      contexts:
        - FeatureContext
      paths: [%paths.base%/features]

Initialize behat directories by running the following

php vendor/behat/behat/bin/behat --init

Access Symfony kernel, through FeatureContext

Edit features/bootstrap/FeatureContext.php as shown below

use Behat\Behat\Context\Context;
use Behat\Behat\Context\SnippetAcceptingContext;
use Behat\Symfony2Extension\Context\KernelDictionary;
use Behat\MinkExtension\Context\MinkContext;

class FeatureContext extends MinkContext
    implements Context, SnippetAcceptingContext
{
    use KernelDictionary;
    
    public function __construct()
    {
        
    }
}

Create your first feature
- Under features directory create a file called product.feature

Feature: Products
  In order to find a dino product
  As a web user
  I ned to bla bla

  Scenario: Searching for dino
    Given I am on "/"
    When I fill in "searchTerm" with "dino"
    And I press "search_submit"
    Then I should see "Dino app"

Run your tests
- In order for this to work you will need to create a sample app and start php built-in server.

php vendor/bin/behat

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