[SpecFlow+ LivingDoc] Creation of LivingDoc without Test execution using SpecFlow+LivingDoc Generator

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Andreas Willich

• October 07, 2020 10:21

Hi team,

With the introduction of new plugin SpecFlow+LivingDoc Generator, now we can generate 2 types of LivingDoc

1. Via AzureDevOps,
   LivingDoc contains only the view for all the feature file (excluding test result) based on folder selected containing feature files in repository.
   LivingDoc created within CI pipeline, but limited to AzureDevOps

2. Via SpecFlow+LivingDoc Generator,
   LivingDoc contains the view for all the feature file along with test result based on project or solution selected for execution.
   LivingDoc created after CD pipeline by executing test cases, using any DevOps tool like Jenkins, AzureDevOps, etc

In option 2, situation becomes different in some cases, if we just compare view in both the above cases:
Consider a solution(.sln) containing multiple SpecFlow projects(.csproj) for a single team. But every project is executed in either sequentially or parallelly on different machine. We end up with multiple LivingDoc at individual project level using SpecFlow+LivingDoc Generator for the same team. As we have no option to create a single view using multiple FeatureData.json
And, view is created only after test case execution(somewhat late in compared to option 1), but the main benefit of livingDoc lies in creating it much early in CICD stage.
Also, when we add execution result in same file it becomes much like Execution Report instead of visualization of all Feature files, which is main benefit of LivingDoc.

Can we add something like creation of LivingDoc without test execution while solution is build without dependency of AzureDevOps

 

 

From: https://github.com/SpecFlowOSS/SpecFlow/issues/2143

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  João Dinis

  • October 09, 2020 02:01

  Possibly related to: https://support.specflow.org/hc/en-us/community/posts/360013468958--SpecFlow-LivingDoc-Generate-FeatureData-json-on-Run-Test-Run-All-Tests

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  Mario Steiner

  • December 16, 2020 10:23

  Update: We are happy to announce that SpecFlow+ LivingDoc Generator now supports the creation of documentation without test execution.

  You need to install or update to the latest version of the extension (as of writing: 3.5.186).

  Learn more about the latest release on our blog: https://specflow.org/blog/updates-to-specflow-livingdoc-livingdoc-goes-into-overdrive/

  Learn how to configure the CLI: https://docs.specflow.org/projects/specflow-livingdoc/en/latest/LivingDocGenerator/CLI/livingdoc-feature-folder.html

   

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