Question

I’m getting the following warning with this code:

WARNING: Using 'Given/When/Then' in step definitions is deprecated, use 'step' to call other steps instead

How can I correct this?

Code:

Feature: Viewing tickets
 In order to view the tickets for a project
 As a user
 I want to see them on that project's page

Background:
 Given there is a project called "TextMate 2"
 And that project has a ticket:
 | title           | description                   |
 |  Make it shiny! | Gradients! Starbursts! Oh my! |
 And there is a project called "Internet Explorer"
 And that project has a ticket:
 | title                | description   |
 | Standards compliance | Isn't a joke. |
 And I am on the homepage

Scenario: Viewing tickets for a given project
  When I follow "TextMate 2"
  Then I should see "Make it shiny!"
  And I should not see "Standards compliance"
  When I follow "Make it shiny!"
  Then I should see "Make it shiny" within "#ticket h2"
  And I should see "Gradients! Starbursts! Oh my!"

  When I am on the homepage
  And I follow "Internet Explorer"
  Then I should see "Standards compliance"
  And I should not see "Make it shiny!"
  When I follow "Standards compliance"
  Then I should see "Standards compliance" within "#ticket h2"
  And I should see "Isn't a joke.

Thanks a lot!

Answer 1

Somewhere in step definitions you’re using the following construction:

Then "a file named '#{want_file}' should exist"

instead you should use

step("a file named '#{want_file}' should exist")

or (preferred I think) – avoid calling one step from another at all. It is better to refactor definitions and extract common part into separate class or method.