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In Eclipse, choose Help/Software Updates/Find and Install.
Step 2
Select Add... button to add a new remote site.
Step 3
To update the plugin enter following link: http://www.novatec-gmbh.de/updatesite/aqe
Step 4
In the tree of available updates select GreenPepper Development Tools and click Next >.
Step 5
Click Next > button in the Install Details window.
Step 6
You have to accept the terms of the license agreement to be able to proceed with the installation. You are now ready for the installation, click Finish.
Step 8
Once the download manager has started downloading, you see the Security Warning popup. The authenticity of software can not be established. You have to click Ok to continue with the installation.
Step 9
After the installation you must restart the Eclipse workbench, for the plugin to be available within the application.
Checking the installation
You should now see the GreenPepper menu on the toolbar.
Select Installation Details menu from Help to check the correct installation of the plugin.
Updating
You can see the current installed version of the plugin and a link for checking for updates.
Alternative: Select the first option in step 2.
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First, you have to configure where the plugin can find the GreenPepper Server. This is done in Window >> Preferences.
Enter the URL for the server :
- For Confluence, it is the base url of Confluence (e.g. http: //domain:8080/confluence)
Enter the XML-RPC handler. (For now only greenpepper1 is available.). You can test the connection by clicking on the Test Connection button.
II. Project configuration
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Once your project has been GreenPepperised, check its properties (right-click Project/Properties).
You should now have a GreenPepper property page with two sub-pages.
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In the GreenPepper page, you will identify your Eclipse project to a System Under Test (under development).
By doing so, you will see all the associated specification repositories. You will be able to enter your own credentials
for each of these repositories. Optional
You will also need to configure your runner location. Mandatory
The local repository page associates your project to local specification directories accessible with your computer.
The advanced settings let you override the SystemUnderDevelopment class that resolves the fixture and domain classes.
Make sure your class is in a library that resides in your runner directory. The arguments are seperated by ";" and will be passed to
the constructor. Please see the command line options.
You will be able to add additional options to the command line and append additional JVM parameters.
You are now ready to execute specification documents on your development code.
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A GreenPepper project, inside Eclipse, is a JavaProject.
When you greenpepperised a Java project, you gain access to Run
To validate that your project developement code respect the example in the specifications, you create a new Run Configuration.
I. Run Configuration
The The Debug configuration works the same way.
Then Then create a new GreenPepper Specification
II. Inputs
- Project
Your eclipse project to launch the specification on. - Repository UID
The remote Repository UID (None if local) - Document Repository base URL
The Repository URL (Or directory path if local) - Document Repository Class
- com.greenpepper.repository.FileSystemRepository for files
- com.greenpepper.runner.repository.AtlassianRepository for Jira/Confluence
- com.greenpepper.runner.repository.VFSRepository for zip ...
- Username
If Authentication is need for the Repository access - Password
If Authentication is need for the Repository access - Specification
The Specification name (Document name) - Current Version
If versioning is handled, aim for the latest version of the document.
III. Results
Running the specification will give you a result like this one
Notice that the html result file was added to your project files.
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If the window displayed shows html in a text format, check your Open With setting for the html file
You need the Browser support plugin to be able to see the html page inside an Eclipse Editor.
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There is two ways to access the repository view.
1) From the GreenPepper menu
2) From the eclipse standard view selection.
First choose Show View-Other
Then choose GreenPepper RepositoryView
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The Repository View
The Repository view is a JUnit like view.
You will be able to launch executions, view documents and results and work on both Implemented and Working copies of the documents.
Careful ! the Green bar might be addictive after a while ...
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| By default Eclipse will work on the Implemented copy of the document. |
Keyboard shortcuts
4. FAQ
I cannot see the GreenPepper property page for my project.
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