Boilerplate for Behat with Mink on Php 5.4+ with contexts and subcontexts

behat.yml

# The default profile is always named default.
default:
  extensions:
    Behat\MinkExtension\Extension:
      base_url:  'http://domain.test'
      goutte:
        guzzle_parameters:
          request.params:
            redirect.disable: true
      #
      # switch disable followings if use behat/mink-selenium2-driver
      #
      # selenium: ~
      # javascript_session: selenium


      #
      # switch enable followings if use behat/mink-selenium2-driver
      #
      # javascript_session: selenium2
      # browser_name: 'firefox'
      # selenium2:
      #   capabilities: { "browser": "firefox"}

composer.json

{
    "require-dev" :
    {
        "behat/behat": "2.4.*@stable",
        "behat/mink": "1.4@stable",
        "behat/mink-extension": "*",
        "behat/mink-goutte-driver": "*",
        "behat/common-contexts": "*"
    },
    "minimum-stability": "dev",
    "config":
    {
        "bin-dir": "bin/"
    }
}

FeatureContext.php

<?php
/**
 *  Reading :
 *
 *  - http://www.craftitonline.com/2011/08/behat-symfony-2-secret-how-to-subcontext-minkcontext/
 *  - http://www.craftitonline.com/2011/07/behat-mink-new-use-of-aliased-subcontexts-complex-step-chaining/
 *  - http://davidwinter.me/articles/2012/01/14/testing-javascript-websites-with-behat/
 *  - http://davidwinter.me/articles/2012/01/13/using-behat-with-mink/
 */
use Behat\Behat\Context\ClosuredContextInterface,
    Behat\Behat\Context\TranslatedContextInterface,
    Behat\Behat\Context\BehatContext,
    Behat\Behat\Exception\PendingException;
use Behat\Gherkin\Node\PyStringNode,
    Behat\Gherkin\Node\TableNode;

/**
 * Provides dictionary for common tasks (Filling in a form etc.)
 *
 * Check with :
 *     `behat -dl`
 */
use Behat\MinkExtension\Context\MinkDictionary;

/**
 *  Provides
 *      - pageShouldExist, pageShouldNotExist etc.
 *
 * Check with :
 *     `behat -dl`
 */
use Behat\CommonContexts\MinkExtraContext;

/**
 * Provides dictionary for testing redirects
 */
use Behat\CommonContexts\MinkRedirectContext;


//
// Require 3rd-party libraries here:
//
//   require_once 'PHPUnit/Autoload.php';
//   require_once 'PHPUnit/Framework/Assert/Functions.php';
//

/**
 * Features context.
 */
class FeatureContext extends BehatContext
{
    // Mink hooks
    use MinkDictionary;

    /**
     * Initializes context.
     * Every scenario gets it's own context object.
     *
     * @param array $parameters context parameters (set them up through behat.yml)
     */
    public function __construct(array $parameters)
    {
        // App sepecific
        $this->useContext('UserSteps', new UserContext());

        // Load in utility contexts 
        $this->useContext('TestStatusCodes', new MinkExtraContext());
        $this->useContext('TestForRedirects', new MinkRedirectContext());
    }

}

SampleSubContext.php

<?php
// Sample UserContext delete steps and put in your own
use Behat\MinkExtension\Context\RawMinkContext;
use Behat\MinkExtension\Context\MinkAwareInterface;

use Behat\Behat\Context\Step\When;
use Behat\Behat\Exception\PendingException;


class UserContext extends RawMinkContext implements MinkAwareInterface
{
    // add step hooks here
}