Scenario

A Scenario is a single test within a testing framework. Testing frameworks differ between one another in the terminology that they use to name their individual tests. Screenplay uses the name "Scenario" because this matches the name used in Cucumber. Scenarios are only relevant when Screenplay is used in conjunction with a test framework integration. It is irrelevant when using Screenplay standalone.

A Scenario represents the lifetime of each individual test; when using Screenplay as a testing tool, the lifetime of the Scenario corresponds very closely to the lifetime of a Performance. When using Screenplay, each Performance (and thus Scenario) is executed within its own Dependency Injection Lifetime Scope.

Every scenario is typically contained within a Feature. The structure of scenarios-within-features may be represented in the Performance using the NamingHierarchy.

Other names for Scenarios

Various testing frameworks have established different naming conventions for what is - fundamentally - the same thing. Here are some other names which you might see in different testing frameworks.

• Test
• Test case
• Theory
• Example