Cucumber Selenium test automation framework using C# - Part 2 - Installing required extensions and packages

Prerequisites

Please complete Part 1 of this tutorial before continuing.

Extensions

The following extensions are required to be installed.

SpecFlow for Visual Studio 2019

1) Once you are in project window, select Extensions > Manage Extensions.

2) Search 'SpecFlow' in search bar to the right. Then click on Download button of SpecFlow for Visual Studio 2019.

3) Close Visual Studio for changes to be applied. In pop-up window, select Modify.

4) Once installation is complete, launch Visual Studio again.

5) Confirm SpecFlow for Visual Studio is installed in the Installed extensions section of Extensions > Manage Extensions.

Packages

The following packages are required to be installed via NuGet Manager

• Selenium.WebDriver
• NUnit
• NUnit3TestAdapter
• Selenium.Support
• SpecFlow
• SpecRun.NUnit
• SpecFlow.Tools.MsBuild.Generation (Compatible version 3.1.86)
• ExtentReports

1) Navigate to Tools > NuGet Package Manager > Manage NuGet Packages for Solution.

2) In NuGet - Solution page, you can browse packages, view installed packages and see updates for installed packages.

In the Browse section search for the required NuGet package. (i.e. Selenium.WebDriver)

3) Click on the required NuGet package from the search results, select current project and complete installation. Check Output window to see if package is installed successfully.