Determined to write one bitchy post a day. Until I die.

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+title: The only problem with cucumber
+tags:
+- cucumber
+- ruby
+- programming
+- opinion
+---
+
+I have been exploring the wide world of [Behavior Driven
+Development](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behavior_Driven_Development) lately
+with [Cucumber](http://cukes.info). For the longest time I've been fascinated
+with Cucumber from a conceptual standpoint; a written-word testing framework,
+do go on! I'm quite pleased to finally be able to put it to good use with some
+recent [projects](https://github.com/rtyler/jenkins-selenium-tests) that I've been working on.
+
+
+The **only** downside I've found, thus far for Cucumber comes down to the
+use of the term "cukes" to describe Cucumber-based tests.
+
+The word "cuke" or "cukes" simply has an unpleasant, wretched feeling to it. It
+sounds like something unpleasant to get on your shoes. I really do not like
+this word.
+
+
+As such, I will henceforth refer to Cucumber-based tests as "*gherkins*" instead.
+
+I look forward to writing plenty of posts in the future about creating high
+quality gherkins for browser testing and cross-system testing, stay tuned!
+
+---
+
+
+(I sure have been complaining about names a lot lately haven't I?)