quickstart.rst

Quick start

Prerequisites

• JDK 6+ / .NET framework / Ruby 2.0+ is installed
• :doc:`Gauge <installing>` is installed.
• :ref:`Language runner <install-language-runner>` is installed.

Creating a Project

Follow the instructions for the respective language below. On getting the message of Successfully initialized the project, one should be able to run the specifications.

gauge --init csharp

gauge --init java

gauge --init ruby

Note

Refer :ref:`project_structure` for files that get created for all languages.

Running the specs

gauge specs

The details of the run are displayed on the command line followed by a statistics summary.

Note

Refer :ref:`executing_tests` for more details.

Interpret results

The console report would give you the details of the run

Specifications: (w) executed    (x) passed  (y) failed  (z) skipped
Scenarios:      (a) executed    (b) passed  (c) failed  (d) skipped

The statistics of the scenarios indicate

Value	Description
(a)	total number of scenarios executed.
(b)	total number of scenarios passed.
(c)	total number of scenarios failed.
(d)	total number of scenarios skipped.

The statistics of the specifications indicate

Value	Description
(w)	total number specifications executed.
(x)	total number specifications with all scenarios passed.
(y)	total number specifications with atleast one scenario failed.
(z)	total number specifications with all scenarios skipped.

Check various supported formats for :doc:`reports`.