BDD Cucumber Python (Behave) Full Course Syllabus

• Module 1: Software Testing & BDD Basics
  • Introduction to Software Testing
  • SDLC & STLC
  • Agile & Scrum methodology
  • What is BDD (Behavior Driven Development)
  • BDD vs TDD vs ATDD
  • Advantages of BDD
  • Role of QA, Developer & Product Owner
• Module 2: Python Basics for Automation
  • Python installation & setup
  • Python syntax & keywords
  • Variables & data types
  • Conditional statements & loops
  • Functions
  • OOP concepts (Class, Object, Inheritance, Polymorphism, Encapsulation)
  • Exception handling
  • File handling basics
• Module 3: Introduction to Behave
  • What is Behave
  • Why Behave for BDD
  • Behave architecture
  • Gherkin language overview
  • Feature file structure
  • Keywords: Feature, Scenario, Scenario Outline, Given / When / Then / And / But
• Module 4: Gherkin Syntax & Best Practices
  • Writing effective feature files
  • Background keyword
  • Tags (@smoke, @regression)
  • Scenario Outline & Examples
  • Comments in feature files
  • Best practices for BDD
• Module 5: Behave Project Setup
  • Creating virtual environment
  • Installing Behave using pip
  • Project folder structure
  • environment.py file
  • Running feature files
  • Command-line execution
• Module 6: Step Definitions in Python
  • Step definition syntax
  • Mapping steps to feature files
  • Using decorators: @given, @when, @then
  • Parameterization in steps
  • Reusable step definitions
  • Using context object
• Module 7: Selenium with Python
  • Selenium WebDriver setup
  • Browser drivers (Chrome, Firefox)
  • Locators: ID, Name, XPath, CSS
  • Handling waits: Implicit & Explicit
  • Web actions: Click, SendKeys, Dropdowns
  • Handling alerts, frames & windows
  • Assertions & validations
• Module 8: Page Object Model (POM)
  • What is POM
  • Creating Page classes
  • Page Object design pattern
  • Integrating POM with Behave
  • Improving framework maintainability
• Module 9: Behave Hooks & environment.py
  • Before & After hooks
  • Tagged hooks
  • Browser initialization
  • Screenshot on failure
  • Test teardown process
• Module 10: Data-Driven Testing
  • Scenario Outline with Examples
  • Data Tables
  • Reading data from Excel, CSV, JSON, Properties file
  • Parameterized execution
• Module 11: Test Execution & Tags
  • Running tests via terminal
  • Tag-based execution
  • Dry run
  • Parallel execution
  • Headless execution
• Module 12: Reporting
  • Default Behave reports
  • Allure reporting integration
  • HTML reports
  • Screenshot attachment to reports
• Module 13: Framework Utilities
  • Configuration management
  • Logging using Python logging
  • Utility functions
  • Error handling
  • Retry mechanism
• Module 14: Advanced Behave Concepts
  • Context sharing across steps
  • Rerun failed scenarios
  • Cross-browser execution
  • Environment-based execution
  • Debugging Behave tests
• Module 15: Real-Time Project & Interview Prep
  • End-to-end framework creation
  • Real-time project scenarios
  • Common interview questions
  • Resume & job-oriented guidance