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I am just trying to find out why i need to define it as instance variable? Why not local? I know @home can be shared across all step def methods. Without this is there any other specific reason? Please help me out to understand the reason other than what i know. 

When /^I navigate to the google home page$/ do
  @home = Home.new
  @home.load
end

Here's the link URL: https://github.com/natritmeyer/site_prism

Eugene S
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The only reason is for sharing between steps. If the object is only needed in the one step then it can be a local variable. If @home is not used in any other step your example could just become

When /^I navigate to the google home page$/ do
  Home.new.load
end
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The reason they are used in the examples in SitePrism as instance variables is because that example uses Cucumber and all instance variables are accessible in the single World context.

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