Company
Date Published
Author
Andreea Draniceanu
Word count
3034
Language
English
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None

Summary

The tutorial explores SpecFlow, a Behaviour Driven Development (BDD) automation framework for .NET, demonstrating its integration with Selenium for web testing using SpecFlow Actions. SpecFlow enables writing test scenarios in plain English using the Gherkin language, which enhances collaboration between technical and non-technical team members. The tutorial illustrates setting up SpecFlow in Visual Studio, creating a new SpecFlow project, and running tests on a cloud Selenium Grid with LambdaTest, which supports parallel testing on multiple browsers and operating systems. Additionally, it explains writing and implementing test scenarios using SpecFlow's Gherkin syntax, leveraging its integration with Selenium for browser automation, and using NUnit for test assertions. SpecFlow Actions simplifies the management of browser sessions and allows the tests to run on different environments and configurations without opening a local browser window, providing a comprehensive solution for BDD-style test automation.