FitNesse User Guide

Robert C. Martin

Micah D. Martin

Patrick Wilson-Welsh

October, 2004

Getting Started

What FitNesse is, a brief example, and how to install it on your computer.

A One-Minute Description	What is FitNesse? Start here.
A Two-Minute Example	A brief example. Read this one second.
DownloadingAndInstallingFitNesse	How to get FitNesse up and running on your machine.

FitNesse is a wiki web server. Learn how to use wiki features to create and change FitNesse pages.

EditingFitNessePages	An intro to creating and changing FitNesse pages using the wiki markup language.
WorkingWithWikiPages	More FitNesse wiki page features.
MarkupLanguageReference	A reference for formatting FitNesse pages using the wiki markup language.
SubWiki	How to create hierarchies of FitNesse pages.
SpecialWikiFunctions	Special things you can do with wikis.

Acceptance tests are what FitNesse is about. Learn why and how to make, run, and organize them.

ProjectDeathByRequirements	Why use automated acceptance tests? What goes wrong when we don't use them?
AcceptanceTests	What are the advantages of FitNesse automated acceptance tests?
DeliveringTheRightSystem	An intro to how software teams can use FitNesse to build better systems.
CreatingTestTables	Creating and enabling test tables on FitNesse pages.
Graceful Names	Managing the names of fixtures, packages, and variables
TestTableStyles	The different styles and uses of test tables and corresponding fixtures.
TestSuites	How to group many test pages into a suite.
KeywordsInTestTables	Meaningful and useful keywords in test tables (e.g., null and blank).
AcceptanceTestPatterns	Some patterns we have seen emerge while writing FitNesse AcceptanceTests.

Behind each test table is FixtureCode. Learn how to write and run it.

FixtureCode	An intro to the fixture code that lets you run FitNesse tables.
ClassPath	Telling FitNesse where your FixtureCode is.
TestTableStyles	The styles of FitNesse test tables, and corresponding FixtureCode they use.
DataTypesInFixtures	Which data types FitNesse and Fit can handle in test tables.
GettingFixturesToSpeakInObjects?	By implementing parse() and toString() (and often by overriding equals() and hashCode()) in your objects, you can use your own data types in test tables and FixtureCode.
ComparisonExpressionsInFixtures	You can put comparison expressions in the cells of your test tables.
ParametersInFixtures	Allows you to pass arguments into a fixture.
KeywordsInTestTables	Meaningful and useful keywords in test tables (e.g., null and blank).
SymbolsInTestTables	Allows you to pass data between test tables.
MarkupVirtualWiki	Setting up a single FitNesse server that several development machines can share.
JavaAndCeeSharp?	Details and differences between testing Java code and C# code.
TroubleShootingAcceptanceTests?	How to investigate problems when running test tables.

Answers to all your other FitNesse questions.

Development Environment	Setting up your test development environment
FitNesseUtilities	Running FitNesse from a command line, Log files, import, export, and other similar matters.
Customizing Test Execution	Modify the way tests are executed
Multi-Language Fitnesse	Running tests written in languages other than Java
Security	Managing the security of wiki pages
CustomizingLookAndFeel	Changing the colors and layout of the various pages
PluginUsage	How to create and use plugins
Design Notes	Various articles and discussions on the design of FitNesse.
FitNesse Acceptance Tests	The suite of acceptance tests for FitNesse itself.

WhatIsFitNesse	What is this application all about?
GettingStarted	Writing and running your first acceptance tests.
WorkingWithWikiPages	How to create documents, pages, and hyperlinks.
SpecialWikiFunctions	Special things you can do with wikis.
FitNesseUtilities	Command line arguments, Log files, import, export, and other similar matters.
WikiWithinWiki	How to create sub-wikis.
RunningAcceptanceTests	How to run tests.
WritingAcceptanceTests	How to write tests.
TestSuites	How to group many test pages into a suite.
Development Environment	Setting up your test development environment
Customizing Test Execution	Modify the way tests are executed
Multi-Language Fitnesse	Running tests written in languages other than Java
Security	Managing the security of wiki pages
CustomizingLookAndFeel	Changing the colors and layout of the various pages
PluginUsage	How to create and use plugins
Design Notes	Various articles and discussions on the design of FitNesse.