Basic steps:

• Install Java and supporting tools
  • install Java JDK
  • install Maven
  • check Java and Maven work by running a sample test
• Install IntelliJ Community Edition and plugins
  • check IntelliJ works by running the sample test

• Check what you need to install by typing console commands javac -version
  • If it fails install Java JDK
• Check Maven mvn -version
  • If it fails install Maven

• Run everything using Maven: mvn test
• Run only tagged tests using Maven: mvn test -Dcucumber.options="--tags @rest"

• Install and run IntelliJ Community Edition, e.g. for Windows
• Install Idea plugins: Cucumber for Java, Markdown support, Gherkin Support

Config settings: Run- > Edit Configurations

• Main class: cucumber.api.cli.Main
• Glue: com.jeta.sample.test
• Feature or folder path: C:/projects/sample-test-automation/src/test/resources/features
• Program arguments: --plugin org.jetbrains.plugins.cucumber.java.run.CucumberJvm3SMFormatter

You can run each feature file independently or execute the whole pack by running RunCukesTest

• -Dwhisper.env=env2
• -Dcucumber.options="--tags @rest"
• -Dcucumber.options="--tags @rest" -Denv=env1

• -Denv (available options: env1 and env2)
• -Dcucumber.options
• -Dselenide.browser (available options: chrome, firefox, ie, phantomjs, htmlunit, safari, opera)
• -Dselenide.headless (can be true or false, false by default)
• -Dselenide.timeout

• In addition to that you can override any configuration parameter from automation.properties file, e.g. -Drest.baseurl