Acceptance testing/Compatibility changes

As new features are developed for Moodle, some UI changes can cause changes which unfortunately affect behat feature files. This page is intended to document important compatibility changes for behat test developers.

Moodle 3.3

And I follow "Course 1"

Summary

Previous step/s:	And I follow "Course 1"
New step/s	And I am on "Course 1" course homepage And I am on "Course 1" course homepage with editing mode on
Backported to:	Moodle 3.1.6, 3.2.3 and up.

Examples

Before: Scenario: I am on the course homepage

   When I log in as "student1"
   And I am on site homepage
   And I follow "Course 1"
   Then I should see "Topic 1"

After: Scenario: I am on the course homepage

   When I log in as "student1"
   And I am on "Course 1" course homepage
   Then I should see "Topic 1"

Why did this change?

The boost theme changes how navigation works and the new steps are compatible with boost and bootstrap based themes

Moodle 3.2

And I click on "Edit settings" "link" in the "Administration" "block"

Summary

Previous step/s:	And I click on "Edit settings" "link" in the "Administration" "block"
New step/s	And I navigate to "Edit settings" in current page administration
Backported to:	Moodle 3.2.1, 3.1.4 and up.

Examples

Before: Scenario: Going to course settings

   When I log in as "teacher1"
   And I follow "Course 1"
   When I click on "Edit settings" "link" in the "Administration" "block"

After: Scenario: Going to course settings

   When I log in as "teacher1"
   And I am on "Course 1" course homepage
   When I navigate to "Edit settings" in current page administration

Why did this change?

UI Changes mean the existing 'loose' step matches multiple values. The replacement step should help speed up your tests.