Do you do this in every step definition ? "Given that I am logged in"

Question

I am new to cucumber.

And for most of the site's functionality, you have to be logged in.

So when writing cucumber, do you write, given that I am logged in for every step definition?

Answer 1

I typically do, yes. For me, it seems clearer when you're reading the tests and seeing the output in the console.

If you don't want the duplication you can use a Background to setup stuff that's common to all the scenarios in the file.