Plain Text Story Runner using RSpec
At work we have started looking at the use of automated accpetance tests to provide validation of our development efforts. There are quite a few tools out there that can help with this; FitNesse, RSpec, NSpec, Selenium, Watir and WatiN to name a few.
So far we have found most success with RSpec and Watir. RSpec allows us to create plain text stories and acceptance criteria and run these as part of our integration builds. The slight problem we have is that we are mainly a .NET shop so using Ruby poses a few problems with regards to experience and knowledge. Unfortunately NSpec [which incorporates NBehave] doesn’t currently have a plain text story runner. Anyway here’s how you go about setting up RSpec in three simple steps.
Step 1: Write your story and acceptance criteria and save in a plain text file
Step 2: Create the story interpreter
Step 3: Create the runner
So without further ado I’ll explain each step in detail: Continue reading