NSpec.VsAdapter is a test adapter to run NSpec tests from Test Explorer in Visual Studio. It runs tests from projects targeting classic .NET Framework. It is available both as a Visual Studio Extension (for VS 2013, 2015) as well as a NuGet Package (for VS 2017). VS Extension for 2017 is under development.
It currently supports test projects targeting .NET Framework 4.5 and later, and NSpec 1.0.x.
As an extension, it can work in Visual Studio 2013 and 2015, Community Edition and above. As a NuGet package, it can work in Visual Studio 2017, Community Edition and above.
NOTE: To work with old project.json-based .NET Core projects, please try dotnet-test-nspec runner. Support for MSBuild-based .NET Core projects is under development. Again, support for VS 2017 Extension is under development as well.
Open Extensions and Updates window from within Visual Studio and type
nspec vs in search field, then download this extension showing on top.
That's it.
When you want to install this extension on more than one Visual Studio version at once, or when you don't have Visual Studio already open, you can browse to this extension page on Visual Studio marketplace, download it locally to your machine and double click on grabbed VSIX file.
Proceed as for any other package. You can open Manage NuGet Packages ...
from a project or solution and look for NSpec.VsAdapter in search field.
Or you can open Package Manager Console and run Install-Package NSpec.VsAdapter -ProjectName <YourProjectName>.
In order to pick tests for whole solution, it is enough to install this package in just one of your projects.
Open a solution in Visual Studio with at least one NSpec test project, then
build all. Open VS Test Explorer window and wait until list gets populated
with test specifications from all projects. Click on Run All or select some
tests to be run. You can also group specifications based on project, or
nspec-derived class, or trait.
See under examples/:
- NetFrameworkSample
Sample solution showing how a NSpec test project targeting .NET Framework is setup
This Visual Studio test adapter can be configured by using a .runsettings
file (see MSDN).
Currently supported file format is:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RunSettings>
<!-- other configurations -->
<!-- NSpec VS Adapter -->
<NSpec.VsAdapter>
<LogLevel>Debug</LogLevel>
</NSpec.VsAdapter>
</RunSettings>Currently supported settings are:
| Name | Type | Values | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| LogLevel | String | Trace, Debug, Info, Warn, Error | Minimum log level to show. Log messages with a level lower than this will not be shown. |
An example of such a file can be found in test source code at sln/test/Samples/samples.runsettings.
To check for potential breaking changes, see BREAKING-CHANGES.md.
See CONTRIBUTING doc page.
MIT.
NSpec.VsAdapter is written by BrainCrumbz. It's shaped and benefited by hard work from our contributors.