The goal of this project is to provide a good starting point for those looking to use SpecFlow and RestEase together. It is also intended to demonstrate how to implement design patterns in a test framework, where many test frameworks will violate many different principles like SOLID, Static Cling (this one is always the most common), and Explicit Dependencies.

Resources

• RestEase
• SpecFlow
• FluentAssertions
• SOLID in Testing
• The Wrong Abstraction
• Basic Programming Principles
• Principles of Test Automation
• Software Testing Anti-patterns
• Overreliance on End to End Testing
• Cyclomatic and Cognitive Complexity

Download and install Visual Studio or JetBrains Rider

The required .net frameworks should download/install with your IDE of choice.

No extra setup necessary

Visual Studio needs a little extra configuration. Install these extensions;

• xUnit.NET 2
• SpecFlow

$ ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"

After installation:

$ brew doctor
Your system is ready to brew

$ brew install mono

$ brew install git

Download and install Visual Studio or JetBrains Rider

The required .net frameworks should download/install with your IDE of choice.

No extra setup necessary

Visual Studio needs a little extra configuration. Install these extensions;

• xUnit.NET 2
• SpecFlow

Requirements

• PowerShell 3
• PowerShell must be enabled for User account

$ set-executionpolicy unrestricted -s cu

Install:

$ iex (new-object net.webclient).downloadstring('https://get.scoop.sh')

$ scoop install git

$ git clone https://github.com/jukafah/csharp-specflow-RestEase.git

As of writing this guide, generating the code-behind feature.cs files requires invoking the generator separately. Ken Bonny wrote a couple good articles for generating those and how to configure it with File Watcher. The guide will also walk you through associating the files together.

Generating SpecFlow Files in Rider

SpecFlow Steps Generation

Restore dependencies

$ nuget restore

From solution directory

$ mono "packages/SpecFlow.2.4.1/tools/specflow.exe" GenerateAll -p SpecFlow.RestEase/SpecFlow.RestEase.csproj

Import the generated feature.cs files to the same directory as your features.

Tests will now show in the Unit Tests / Test Explorer.

TODO

You can run them in the Unit Test explorer of your chosen IDE or via command line

Build

$ msbuild

Run tests

$ mono "packages/xunit.runner.console.2.4.1/tools/net452/xunit.console.exe" SpecFlow.RestEase/bin/Debug/SpecFlow.RestEase.dll -xml ./TestResults/xunit.xml

Then you can generate a nice html report via Pickles

$ mono "packages/Pickles.CommandLine.2.20.1/tools/pickles.exe" --feature-directory=SpecFlow.RestEase/Features/ --output-directory=./TestResults/pickles --link-results-file=./TestResults/xunit.xml --documentation-format=dhtml --test-results-format=xunit2