Gauge (software)

Gauge is a light weight cross-platform test automation tool. It uses markdown to author test cases and scenarios. Its modular architecture makes it flexible and scalable.

Gauge
Developer(s)ThoughtWorks
Stable release
1.5.4[1] Edit this on Wikidata / 3 August 2023 (3 August 2023)
Repository
Written inGo
Operating systemPlatform-independent
TypeTest automation tool
LicenseApache License 2.0
Websitegauge.org

Markdown

Gauge specifications[2] are written in the business language. For example,

Find movies playing near me
===========================

The System Under Test in this example is a web application to find and book movie tickets

Search for movies
-----------------

* Specify location as "Bangalore"
* Search for movie "Star Wars"
* Verify that "INOX" is playing "Star Wars" at "7:30 pm"

Book movie ticket
-----------------

* Sign up with email address <user@example.com>
* Complete the verification
* Select location as "Bangalore", the movie "Star Wars" and "3" seats
* Confirm and pay
* Verify the "e-ticket" has been sent to the registered email.

This Gauge specification describes a feature of the System Under Test. The scenarios[3] Search for movies and Book movie ticket represent a flow in this specification. Steps[4] are executable parts of a specification.

Test Code

Specifications in Markdown abstracts code behind the steps.

For example, the step Specify location as "Bangalore" implementation in Java would look like

// This Method can be written in any java class as long as it is in classpath.

public class StepImplementation {
   @Step("Specify location as <location>")
   public void helloWorld(String location) {
       // Step implementation
   }
}

Gauge has Support for writing test code in:

The Community contributed language runners are:

Execution

Gauge tests can be executed from the command line[5] or the supported IDEs.[6]

The default command gauge specs run the tests sequentially.

The command gauge -p specs will execute the tests in Parallel.

Reports

Gauge gives comprehensive test reports[7] that provides the required details of a given run.

IDE support

Gauge's IDE support[6] helps to write and maintain the test suite.

References
  1. "Release 1.5.4". August 3, 2023. Retrieved September 18, 2023.
  2. "Long Start – Gauge 0.8.3 documentation". Archived from the original on March 7, 2017. Retrieved April 28, 2017.
  3. "Long Start – Gauge 0.8.3 documentation". Archived from the original on March 7, 2017. Retrieved April 28, 2017.
  4. "Long Start – Gauge 0.8.3 documentation". Archived from the original on March 7, 2017. Retrieved April 28, 2017.
  5. "Using Gauge – Gauge 0.8.3 documentation". Archived from the original on March 6, 2017. Retrieved April 28, 2017.
  6. "Using Gauge – Gauge 0.8.3 documentation". Archived from the original on March 6, 2017. Retrieved April 28, 2017.
  7. "Reports – Gauge 0.8.3 documentation". Archived from the original on March 6, 2017. Retrieved April 28, 2017.
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