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Install

The update site for GreenPepperLivingDoc's Eclipse development tools plugin is located at: http://www.greenpeppersoftware.com/greenpepper-eclipse.novatec-gmbh.de/updatesite/testit/livingdoc/livingdoc-eclipse4/:

• Current released version: 1.12: http://www.novatec-gmbh.de/updatesite/testit/livingdoc/livingdoc-eclipse4/releases/1.1.2/
  
  

Step 1 - Install New Software

In Eclipse, choose choose Help/Software Updates/Find and Install.

Step 2 - Add New Remote Site

Select Select Add... button  button to add a new remote site.

Step 3 - Add Repository

To update the plugin enter following link: http://www.novatec-gmbh.de/updatesite/testit/aqe

Step 4 - Select Package

In the tree of available updates select GreenPepper Development Tools and click Next testIT LivingDoc Eclipse Features and click Next >.

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Step 5 - Installation Wizard

Click Click Next > button  button in the Install Details window.

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Step 6 - Accept License Agreement

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 click Finish.

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7 - Installation Progress

Once the download manager has started downloading, you see the the Security Warning popup popup. The authenticity of software can not be established. You have to click Ok  OK to continue with the installation.

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8 - Restart Eclipse

After the installation you must restart the Eclipse workbench, for the plugin to be available within the application.

Step 9 - Checking the installation

You should now see the GreenPepper menu the LivingDoc menu on the toolbar.

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Select Select Installation Details Details menu from Help from Help to check the correct installation of the plugin (Filter for "testIT" to find it faster).

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Step 10 - Updating

You can see the current installed version of the plugin and a link for checking for updates.

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Alternative: Select the first option in step 2.

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Configure

Following steps are needed to configure the GreenPepper LivingDoc Eclipse plugin.
Before you begin, you must verify:

• You have downloaded the binaries for GreenPepper Core Java version the dependencies on your workstation.
• Confluence is well configured.

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Workspace configuration

First, you have to configure where the plugin can find the GreenPepper LivingDoc Server.  This is done in in Window >> Preferences.

Enter the URL for the server :

• For Confluence, it is the base url URL of Confluence (e.g. http: //domain:8080/confluence)

Enter the XML-RPC handler. (For now only greenpepper1 is livingdoc1 is available.)  You can test the connection by clicking on the the Test Connection button button.

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Project configuration

Enable GreenPepper LivingDoc on a project by selecting GreenPepperselecting LivingDoc/Project GreenPepperisedLivingDoc enabled.
You should see a check mark beside the menu option afterwards.

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  Once your project has been GreenPepperised LivingDoc enabled, check its properties (right-click click Project/Properties).

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  You should now have a GreenPepper LivingDoc property page with two sub-pages.

• Advanced settings
• Local repositories

  In the GreenPepper LivingDoc 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

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  The local repository page associates your project to local specification directories accessible with your computer.

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  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 separated by ";" and will be passed to
  the constructor. Please see the the command line options. 
  You will be able to add additional options to the command line and append additional JVM parameters (e.g. Image Removedhigher JVM space as demonstrated below).

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  You are now ready to execute specification documents on your development code.

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Running specifications

A GreenPepper LivingDoc project, inside Eclipse, is a JavaProjectJava Project. 
When you greenpepperised enabled LivingDoc in a Java project, you gain access to run fixtures inside your Eclipse IDE.

Prepare Confluence Page

Before using LivingDoc in Eclipse you have to specify your executable table and implement a suitable fixture. The guide about how to write your executable specification can found here.

Please make sure that your modified Confluence page is up-to-date. Click on Set as Implemented as shown below.

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Now your executable table can found inside your Eclipse IDE. For creating a new Fixture open the LivingDoc repository view by clicking "LivingDoc" > "Repository View".

Now you should see your Java-Project and the projekt-name in parentheses which you set in your Confluence configuration. If you expand all you should see something like this:

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With a right click on one your Confluence page (here e.g. "TestPage") you can generate your first fixture class. Click "Create Fixture", choose the Fixture Name you want to create and set the package for your fixture.

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After clicking "Finish" the Fixture template is generated. Now you have to implement your functionality.

package info.novatec.fixture;

import info.novatec.testit.livingdoc.reflect.annotation.FixtureClass;

@FixtureClass({ "concatenate some words", "another alias" })
public class MyFirstHelloWorldExampleFixture {

	public String firstWord;
    public String secondWord;

	public String concatenateTwoWords() {
        return firstWord + " " + secondWord;
    }
}

You may have noticed the Annotation FixtureClass. This Annotation provides the opportunity to create executable specifications without importing packages of fixtures. Currently it works only in this direction. If you want to execute your specification inside your Confluence Space you have to import the packages where the fixture can found.
Furthermore you can specify aliases inside braces next to the FixtureClass-Annotation to improve readable specification-header. LivingDoc matches your table-names and these aliases. The screenshot below shows you three almost equal specifications. Have a look to the second cell in the first, grey rows. All these specifications uses the class MyFirstHelloWorldExampleFixture.

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Run Configuration

To validate that your project developement development code respect the example in the specifications, you create a new Run Configuration.

I. Run Configuration

The Debug configuration  configuration works the same way.  Then create a new GreenPepper new LivingDoc Specification

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Inputs

1. Project
   Your eclipse project to launch the specification on.
2. Repository UID
   The remote Repository UID (None if local)
3. Document Repository base URL
   The Repository URL (Or directory path if local)
4. Document Repository Class
   • com.greenpepperinfo.novatec.testit.livingdoc.repository.FileSystemRepository for files
   • com.greenpepperinfo.novatec.testit.livingdoc.runner.repository.AtlassianRepository for Jira/ Confluence
   • com.greenpepperinfo.novatec.testit.livingdoc.runner.repository.VFSRepository for zip ...
5. Username
   If Authentication is need for the Repository access
6. Password
   If Authentication is need for the Repository access
7. Specification
   The Specification name (Document name)
8. Current Version
   If versioning is handled, aim for the latest version of the document.

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Execute Document

Open the the Repository View and  and click right to execute a certain document to run the tests.

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Results

  Running the specification will give you a result like this one

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  Notice that the html result file was added to your project files.

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Text Result

  If the window displayed shows html in a text format, check your your Open With setting  setting for the html file

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  You need the Browser support plugin to be able to see the html HTML page inside an Eclipse Editor.

Repository view

You can view all the specifications for your project using the repository view.

Show the repository view window

There is two ways to access the repository view.
1) From the GreenPepper LivingDoc menu

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2) From the eclipse standard view selection.
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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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Project

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GreenPepperised

LivingDoc enabled   Repositories

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Actions Image Modified Will tell Eclipse to work on the Working copy of the Document(s) Image Modified Will tell Eclipse to work on the Implemented copy of the Document(s) Image Modified Will Ask the Repository to MERGE the Working copy with the Implemented copy of the Document(s)

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Keyboard shortcuts

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FAQ

I cannot see the

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LivingDoc property page for my project.

Make - Make sure your project has been GreenPepperized LivingDoc enabled using the option menu. Only projects with a GreenPepper LivingDoc nature have the GreenPepper LivingDoc property pages.
See See  Configure GreenPepper LivingDoc Eclipse plugin for  for more information.
- Currently the using of LivingDoc property page is not possible when using project explroer view. Please switch to package explorer view.

I cannot see my project in the projects combo when creating

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a Run Configuration.

Make sure your project has been GreenPepperized LivingDoc enabled using the option menu. Only projects with a GreenPepper LivingDoc nature can have a GreenPepper LivingDoc run configuration. See See Configure GreenPepper LivingDoc Eclipse plugin for  for more information.

Some of the pages I retrieved from Confluence have underlined macro errors.

To prevent deadlocks, we ask Confluence not to render the GreenPepper LivingDoc macros for third party applications witch result in an underlined error on the rendered page.

No "System under Test Name" available when opening LivingDoc property page

Make sure that version numbers of imported LivingDoc-Eclipse-Plugin and used LivingDoc-Version (dependencies in pom.xml) matches.