Migrating from xolvio:cucumber

Chimp has first class support for Meteor so let's get you on it.

The Meteor Cucumber (xolvio:cucumber) package is no longer supported and has been deprecated in favor of the more flexible Chimp.

The good news is that your specs are backwards compatible almost out of the box! Here's what you need to know:

You need to start your Meteor app yourself

Velocity handled the starting and stopping of Meteor apps for you. Chimp does not do this automatically for you so you need to start your Meteor app yourself. Once your Meteor app is started, you can then start Chimp in watch mode like this:

Shell

chimp --watch --ddp=http://localhost:3000

Now Chimp will rerun anytime your app restarts or if you change the test source files.

IS_MIRROR is no longer set

Velocity had the concept of mirrors and you were able to check if you were inside a mirror by the IS_MIRROR flag. This is no longer set for you. If you rely on it, you can always start your Meteor app using IS_MIRROR=1 meteor

Fixtures inside /tests/cucumber/fixtures no longer work

When using Meteor Cucumber, you were able to create files under /tests/cucumber/fixtures and these files would be copied into the mirror. Since Chimp does not have the concept of a mirror, you will need to move any fixtures into a package in your Meteor app. This is where you can employ the fixture package pattern.