CustomerTestsExcel 1.0.2

.NET Framework 4.5
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dotnet add package CustomerTestsExcel --version 1.0.2
NuGet\Install-Package CustomerTestsExcel -Version 1.0.2
This command is intended to be used within the Package Manager Console in Visual Studio, as it uses the NuGet module's version of Install-Package. 
<PackageReference Include="CustomerTestsExcel" Version="1.0.2" />
For projects that support PackageReference, copy this XML node into the project file to reference the package. 
paket add CustomerTestsExcel --version 1.0.2
#r "nuget: CustomerTestsExcel, 1.0.2"
#r directive can be used in F# Interactive and Polyglot Notebooks. Copy this into the interactive tool or source code of the script to reference the package. 
// Install CustomerTestsExcel as a Cake Addin
#addin nuget:?package=CustomerTestsExcel&version=1.0.2

// Install CustomerTestsExcel as a Cake Tool
#tool nuget:?package=CustomerTestsExcel&version=1.0.2

Customer Tests Excel

Build status

A framework to round trip NUnit to / from Microsoft Excel customer tests.

Created as a replacment for Fitnesse. RES is primarily a science and engineering company, and due to the calculation heavy nature of the work, none of the existing customer test frameworks are a good fit.

Advantages

  • Tests are expressed in Microsoft Excel Spreadsheets, which our customers are familiar with, and which support any complexity of calculation
  • Tests are converted to C# / NUnit, and make use of existing tooling (which aids debugging, coverage, Continuous Integration etc)
  • Automated refactoring can be done in C#, using existing tooling, and then the changes written back to Excel
  • The NUnit tests are generated from Excel, so the two are guaranteed to be in sync

Usage

  • Install the Nuget Package CustomerTestsExcel
  • Create an Excel Spreadsheet with a Test (see below for format)
  • Run GenerateCodeFromExcelTest.exe to create / update the C# test project
  • For example GenerateCodeFromExcelTest.exe /folder "SampleTests" /project SampleTests.csproj /namespace SampleTests /usings "SampleSystemUnderTest" /assertionClassPrefix "I"
  • GenerateCodeFromExcelTest.exe will be in the tools folder of the nuget package (for example CustomerTestsExcel.1.0.1\tools)
  • /folder is the desired folder of the Test project relative to the current working directory
  • /project is the desired name of the visual studio project
  • `/namespace' is the desired namespace for the tests
  • /usings' is space delimited list of namespaces that will be added as using` statements to the tests
  • /assertionClassPrefix is added to the Excel assertion type names when creating the C# names.
  • Open the test project in Visual Studio (For example SampleTests\SampleTests.csproj)
  • Put any custom code under a IgnoreOnGeneration folder, so that it will remain when the test project is regenerated.
  • To create the Excel Spreadsheet from the C# code
    • Set a CUSTOMER_TESTS_EXCEL_WRITE_TO_EXCEL environment variable to true
    • Set a CUSTOMER_TESTS_RELATIVE_PATH_TO_EXCELTESTS environment variable from the Output Folder (for example bin\debug) to the ExcelTests folder
    • Run the tests

See the SampleTests and SampleSystemUnderTest projects for examples.

The Excel test for the Rerouting example (SampleTests/ExcelTests/Rerouting.xlsx) looks like this:

Example Excel Test

Building Locally

  • CustomerTestsExcel.sln

Build Server (private to RES)

End to End testing

The SampleTests project performs both documentation and End to End testing

During the AppVeyor build, the SampleTests Excel spreadsheets are converted in to C# tests, these tests are then run to re-create the spreadsheets, and then the spreadsheets are converted back in to C# again. This ensures that all the conepts contained within the spreadsheets are round trippable.

Deploying

Click "Deploy" on the relevant AppVeyor build if you have access to it.

Otherwise, nuget pack CustomerTestsExcel.csproj -build in root directory, then push .nupkg to a feed

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