SpecFlow: A BDD Framework for .NET

SpecFlow is a test automation solution for .NET built upon the BDD paradigm.

This repo consists of notes and sample code from the official Tricentis documentation.

Getting Started

• Installation
• What is Behaviour Driven Development (BDD)?

Notes

• Ch1 - Our First Project
• Ch2 - Selenium with Page Object Model Pattern
• [Ch3 - Gherkin]
• [Ch4 - Bindings]
• [Ch5 - Execution]
• [Ch6 - Integrations]
• [Ch7 - Visual Studio Integration]
• [Ch8 - Extend SpecFlow]
• [Ch9 - Tools]
• [Ch10 - Contribute]

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Installation

Requirements

• Visual Studio 2017+ (recommend latest)
• .NET 5
• Workloads: ASP.NET and web development OR .NET Desktop environment OR .NET Core cross-platform development

Installing SpecFlow Extension

1. Open Visual Studio
2. Navigate through Extensions | Manage Extensions | Online
3. Search "SpecFlow"
4. Download
5. Check installed by navigating to Extensions | Manage Extensions

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What is Behaviour Driven Development (BDD)?

• Behaviour-driven development (BDD) is an Agile software development methodology in which an application is documented and designed around the behaviour a user expects to experience when interacting with it.