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Technology

Cucumber

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Interview Question

What programming languages does Cucumber support?

Answer

Programming Languages Supported by Cucumber

Cucumber is a polyglot framework — it supports multiple programming languages through official implementations:

Supported Languages

LanguageImplementationPackage
JavaCucumber-JVMio.cucumber:cucumber-java
KotlinCucumber-JVM (Kotlin)io.cucumber:cucumber-java8
JavaScriptCucumber.js@cucumber/cucumber
RubyCucumber-Rubycucumber gem
PythonBehave / pytest-bddbehave
C# / .NETSpecFlow (Cucumber-inspired)NuGet SpecFlow
PHPBehatbehat/behat

Most Common Stack (Java + Selenium)

XML
<!-- pom.xml dependencies -->
<dependency>
  <groupId>io.cucumber</groupId>
  <artifactId>cucumber-java</artifactId>
  <version>7.15.0</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
  <groupId>io.cucumber</groupId>
  <artifactId>cucumber-testng</artifactId>
  <version>7.15.0</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
  <groupId>io.cucumber</groupId>
  <artifactId>cucumber-core</artifactId>
  <version>7.15.0</version>
</dependency>

Integration with Test Tools

CODE
Cucumber + Selenium WebDriver → UI automation
Cucumber + REST Assured      → API testing
Cucumber + Appium            → Mobile testing
Cucumber + TestNG            → Test management & reporting
Cucumber + JUnit 5           → Test runner (modern)

JARs Required (Legacy Maven)

CODE
cucumber-core-7.x.jar
cucumber-java-7.x.jar
cucumber-testng-7.x.jar (or cucumber-junit)
gherkin-26.x.jar

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