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Greetings from the SpecFlow team,
We have some development progress to share with you since we last got in touch in October, and we’re steadily working towards V2. We’re also excited to announce our extended SpecFlow courses in London and Vienna.
SpecFlow v2 - progress
We started SpecFlow in 2009, which means our current code base has "matured" over a period of more than 5 years since then :-). By the end of December 2014, we had tracked 86,000 installations and 26,000 active users - users who’ve put their domain know-how into automated SpecFlow specifications.
Seeing these user numbers continuously growing, we’ve realized it’s time to take a deep breath and tackle a bigger clean up. Over the last two months, Gaspar and Darren have worked to consolidate pull requests and issues, and set the goals for the new release:
- Support for the latest platforms (.NET4.5, VS2013)
- Make it easier for the community to contribute (source code clean up and simplifications)
- Integrate the new Gherkin parser (faster)
- Smaller feature improvements
The first steps have already been taken and are visible on GitHub:
- A “v2†branch has been added
- Obsolete or unused projects have been removed
- The Visual Studio integration has been extracted to a separate GitHub repository: https://github.com/techtalk/SpecFlow.VisualStudio
- All projects have been upgraded to .NET4.5 and VS2013
- Lib references have been replaced with NuGet wherever possible
While a few further clean-up and simplification steps are pretty obvious, we are still pondering the following questions:
- How should we apply pending pull requests sent to the master branch?
- How should we support alternative runtimes (Win 8.1, WinPhone, Xamarin, etc.)?
- How can we configure a CI build that is easier to use?
If you have any feedback or want to help, head over to the Google forum and join the discussion or send an e-mail to support@specflow.org.
Extended SpecFlow course in London and Zurich
Based on your feedback, we’ve extended our SpecFlow course to 3 days, with each day bookable separately, allowing us to better target different audiences:
- Day 1 targets everyone involved in software development (no development knowledge required). It covers a brief introduction to Specification-By-Example and the “Three Amigos†specification workshops. The main focus is on capturing the workshop results in Gherkin. You will learn how Gherkin scenarios facilitate collaboration between all stakeholders and evolve into living documentation of your shared understanding of the system.
- Day 2 targets team members (developers and testers) new to SpecFlow and ATDD. The focus is on understanding the ATDD workflow, and getting your team started with SpecFlow to support this process. You don’t need to be a hardcore developer to attend, but you should be comfortable with reading C# code in Visual Studio. You will learn how ATDD and SpecFlow can be applied efficiently by your team.
- Day 3 targets developers who want to learn more about advanced concepts in SpecFlow. As your automation layer grows, you will want to ensure it continues to provide fast and reliable feedback. You will learn how to build sustainable living documentation with SpecFlow in different architectural scenarios. While day 3 builds on the basics introduced on day 2, if you are already familiar with SpecFlow, you can simply join in on day 3.
All three sessions will be highly interactive, with hands-on exercises to practice and illustrate the concepts introduced.
Sign up here for London (Mar 9-11) and Zurich (16-18). Days can be booked individually.
Looking for a course nearby?
We’re still in the process of setting up a first course in the US, with NYC being the most likely location at the moment. Alternatively, we can offer on-site courses tailored directly to your team’s needs. Contact us (support@specflow.org) if you want to be notified as soon as we have settled on a public course date, or to book an on-site course.
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