Gauge extension for Visual Studio Code
Install
$ code --install-extension getgauge.gauge
Other Install options
Features
Gauge langauge plugins supported by the Gauge Visual Studio Code plugin are:
Create new project
Execute the Command Gauge: Create new Gauge Project and select the appropriate template to create a new Gauge Project
Code Completion
Goto Definition
Diagnostics
Symbols
References
Run specifications and scenarios
Using Codelens
Using command palette
Launch the command palette
* Gauge: Create a new Gauge Project
* Gauge: Create a new Specification
* Gauge: Find Step References
* Gauge: Optimize VS Code Configuration for Gauge
* Gauge: Run All Specification
* Gauge: Run Specification
* Gauge: Run Scenarios
* Gauge: Run Scenario At Cursor
* Gauge: Repeat Last Run
* Gauge: Re-Run Failed Scenario(s)
* Gauge: Show Last Run Report
* Gauge: Stop current gauge execution
* Gauge: Report Issue
* Test: Focus on Gauge Specs View
Debug specifications and scenarios
Suport for Debugging of step implementations in JS, Python and Ruby
Reports
View execution reports inside VS Code
Test Explorer
Snippets for specification, scenarios and tables
To invoke a snippet type any of the following snippet keywords and Ctrl+space
spec - for specificationsce - for scenariotable:1 - table with one columntable:2 - table with two columnstable:3 - table with three columnstable:4 - table with four columnstable:5 - table with five columnstable:6 - table with six columns
Configuration
To override default configurations in VSCode settings
gauge.launch.enableDebugLogs: Starts gauge lsp server with log-level debug, defaults to falsegauge.execution.debugPort: Debug port, defaults to 9229gauge.notification.suppressUpdateNotification: Stops notifications for gauge-vscode plugin auto-updates, defaults to falsegauge.create.specification.withHelp: Create specification template with help comments, defaults to true
Install from source
$ npm run build
This will create gauge-<version>.vsix file which can be installed via VScode's Install from VSIX.
Note: Manually delete the Gauge extension folder from VSCode extensions folder for a successful uninstallation of VSCode extension
Troubleshooting
If gauge features are not activated, check file associations for .spec and .cpt it maybe used by another plugin. To fix this, add this to user settings
"files.associations": {
"*.spec": "gauge",
"*.cpt": "gauge"
}
Facing other issues?
Refer our Troubleshooting guide
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