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Continuum for Ruby (Cucumber/Selenium)

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About Continuum for Ruby

Access Continuum for Ruby (Cucumber/Selenium) allows developers who are familiar with Cucumber and Selenium to easily embed automated accessibility testing for their applications written in Ruby, and address accessibility concerns during the development process.

Selenium is a browser automation tool. It automates web application for testing purpose and is one of the most popular automated testing tools. Cucumber is a Behavior Driven Development (BDD) testing tool. 

Continuum for Ruby (Cucumber/Selenium) includes:

  • Access Engine, specifically the automatic tests included with the Level Access accessibility testing engine
  • A sample project that allows users to understand how to integrate accessibility testing into their current automated testing process
  • A custom Cucumber library with useful keywords, defined in 'vendor/continuum-ruby-4.8.0/lib/continuum.rb'. This file also loads the Continuum Ruby SDK.

Prerequisites

  • Ruby 2.6+
  • Google Chrome

Google Chrome is used out of the box in this sample project, but Mozilla Firefox and Microsoft Edge are also supported.

Installation

Install dependencies:

gem install bundler
bundle install

Usage

Run accessibility tests:

bundle exec cucumber

Configure a URL to test in the features/a11y.feature file. Simply replace the URLs in that file with the ones you'd like to test and run `bundle exec cucumber` in your console or IDE.

Test results will display the list of accessibility errors, along with details to guide remediation efforts. See "Access Continuum Test Results" for more details. 

Support

Review Continuum for Ruby rich API documentation for all functionality supported out of the box.

Submit questions using the support form, or get feedback from the community and the Level Access development team on the Product Support Portal.

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