Specflow with Visual Studio express

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I have used Specflow in Visual Studio 2010 Pro at work but would like to use it on my personal projects. Unfortunately I only have VS210 Express.

I have not managed to get Specflow working in VS2010 Express. has anyone done this or is it even possible.

thanks,

score 14 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 18 '11 at 13:13

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I have managed to do this, and I have written a blog post on how to do this entitled: "C# ATDD on a shoestring (or the complete guide to SpecFlow & NUnit in VS2010 Express)"

answered Feb 18 '11 at 13:13

Alister Scott

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score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:04

The main idea is: SpecFlow generates fixtures for one of the common Unit-Test-Frameworks. More information you can find here.

I suppose that you loose some Item templates that appear in the Visual Studio Professional but disappear for Visual Studio Express versions. To overcome this problem you should take all templates files from SpecFlow application folder on computer where you have Professional version installed. On my computer it is located here:

C:\Program Files (x86)\TechTalk\SpecFlow\ItemTemplates

There should be the files like: SpecFlowFeature.zip and etc, all with *.zip extension. Then you should copy its to your computer for this place:

C:\Users\[User name]\Documents\Visual Studio 2010\Templates\ItemTemplates\Visual C#

And finally, open Microsoft Visual C# 2010 Express. Create console application, for example. And choose Project -> Add new item. There is only possible to open these templates with Microsoft Visual C# 2010 Express. Because inside template files it was defined that templates could be open only with C# project type.

Please see edited Question. I want to integrate specflow with VS2010 Express. — skyfoot, Jan 20 '11 at 15:47

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 21 '11 at 14:37

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You can't use 3^rd party add ons (like Specflow, ReSharper etc.) with the Express editions of Visual Studio. I can't find the reference right now, but this will be why you can't integrate Specflow.

answered Jan 21 '11 at 14:37

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You can't install most addons to visual studio express - there are some exceptions such as nuget and some required by asp.net mvc. This does not stop other integration solutions being used. – Chriseyre2000 Feb 02 '14 at 07:46
@Chriseyre Don't forget this answer was written three years ago – ChrisF Feb 02 '14 at 08:18

Specflow with Visual Studio express

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