This might seem like a minor release but I personally think is a very good and worthwhile update! The first cool thing in this release is that we have now full AppVeyor support in the console runner. By default the console runner uses auto detection to determine whether it is running under AppVeyor and automatically prints out the necessary outputs for AppVeyor to report the progress, the passed and failed specs and more on the user interface. The auto detection feature uses the APPVEYOR_API_URL environment variable. The auto detection can be disabled by providing the –no-appveyor-autodetect flag to the console runner. This behavior is congruent to the TeamCity integration.
The next very cool and anticipated feature is the resharper gallery integration for the plugin. The Machine.Specification plugin can now be installed by using the Resharper Extension Manager for Resharper 8.0/8.1/8.2 and dotCover 2.6/2.7. The old installation way with batch files is still supported. But I strongly recommend to use the Extension Gallery! You’ll see why at the end of this post.
Before you install the plugin you need to make sure all previously installed MSpec plugins are removed.
By default the batch files installed the plugin files into %APPDATA%\JetBrains\ReSharper\v8.2\Plugins\mspec.
- Make sure you close all instances of VisualStudio and delete the mspec plugin folder.
- After that restart VisualStudio, goto the Resharper > ExtensionManager menu and search for Machine.Specifications.Runner.Resharper.
- Install the latest stable version and you are ready to go!
In the future all plugin updates will be delivered automatically via the Extension Gallery and the old installation procedure with batch files will be deprecated. The final picture says more than thousand words 😉
Last but not least I want to give a shout out to the following contributors who provided the AppVeyor support:
Happy mspecing 😉
