Gáspár Nagy on software

coach, trainer and bdd addict, creator of SpecFlow; owner of Spec Solutions

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Integrating SpecFlow with Microsoft Test Manager (MTM)

by Gáspár on February 25, 2016

Many teams that are currently in a transformation process towards using agile and bdd have to face the problem that the new specification artefacts and reports have to be integrated into the existing tool chain. In the case of SpecFlow, many of such teams use Microsoft Test Manager (MTM, part of Team Foundation Server / […]

Running SpecFlow scenarios in parallel with xUnit v2

by Gáspár on February 23, 2016

As mentioned earlier, one of the key new features of SpecFlow v2 is that you can run your tests in parallel within this same AppDomain. This is currently possible with NUnit v3 and xUnit v2. This post shows a step-by-step guidance about how this can be done.

SpecFlow tips: Feature file backgrounds — like them or not

by Gáspár on February 11, 2016

The format of the feature files used in Cucumber or SpecFlow is very simple. The format (or grammar), called Gherkin, was intentionally designed to be simple, so that the specification written in these files are kept simple and understandable. There are no loops or ifs. The only special structure you can make in a feature […]

The day when SpecFlow v2 is released and after (roadmap)

by Gáspár on January 27, 2016

What a day! SpecFlow v2 is released today! The preview was released in December, I was writing about the list of changes and also the necessary upgrade steps and we also updated the documentation with the new features and changes. So from today on, you can get the new stuff from NuGet. Here is a […]

Blogging under pressure

by Gáspár on January 25, 2016

I started with my independent consultant carrier last year, I talked to many trustworthy people and all of them were sure that frequent blogging was important. Ok. So let’s do it… but how?