Behat Mink Workbook

• This mess of pages was created while trying to digest Behat Mink for a Drupal CMS application.
• Given there is no real specification or API docs generally available much of this solution must be learned by trial and error, inference, and luck.
• Class Paths & namespaces are a bit complex in the php world as the namespaces don't necessarily map exactly to folder structure.
• For modules  - under /vendor for example - looks like the /src folder is where symphony(framework used in conjunction with composer??) assigns the 'root' for that modules name spaces.
• Look up PSR-0 & PSR-4 PHP Standards Recommendation for details around this study. PSR-4 tries to simply the 'standard' folder architecture while allowing for some backwards compatibility. Think PHP5 -> 7 introduced a better way to manage dependencies and namespaces.
  • https://stackoverflow.com/questions/24868586/what-is-the-difference-between-psr-0-and-psr-4
  • https://www.php-fig.org/psr/psr-4/
• Composer supports the use of 'autoloader', though I presume this won't be necessary since Behat Mink will be conjured by Jenkins by CLI that allows for very specific environment settings, so autoloading a bunch of classes seems to only invite problems.

Sources

• Behat User Guide
  • https://behat-drupal-extension.readthedocs.io/en/3.1/localinstall.html
  • http://behat.org/en/latest/user_guide/context.html
  • http://behat.org/en/latest/user_guide/context/definitions.html
• Behat Contexts
  • https://github.com/Metadrop/behat-contexts
• Behat Drupal Extension & Mink
  • https://behat-drupal-extension.readthedocs.io/en/3.1/
• Autoloader
  • https://www.sitepoint.com/battle-autoloaders-psr-0-vs-psr-4/
  • https://stackoverflow.com/questions/24868586/what-is-the-difference-between-psr-0-and-psr-4
  • https://www.php-fig.org/psr/psr-4/
    • Battle of the Autoloaders
    • Laracasts PSR-4 autoloading
    • PSR-0
    • PSR-4

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