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README

Welcome to Gauge

Gauge is a light weight cross-platform test automation tool. It provides the ability to author test cases in the business language.

Gauge champions the idea of living/executable documentation.

Why Gauge?

The communication breakdowns between Developers and Business Stakeholders is a common risk of software development.

Gauge is an advanced automation tool that allows requirements to be written in a way that will be understood by all roles in a project and help bridge the gap.

Some of its key features include:

• A rich markup based on markdown
• Simple, Flexible and Rich Syntax
• Business Language Tests : Supports the concept of executable documentation
• Consistent Cross Platform/Language Support for writing test code. Currently supported languages.
• Open Source, so it could be shared freely and improved by others as well
• A modular architecture with plugin support.
• Extensible through plugins and Hackable
• Supports External Data Sources
• Helps you create Maintainable and Understandable test suites
• IDE Support

Looking for examples?

• Get gauge installers from the download page.
• Getting started in 3 steps - Java
• Other example projects
• Execute Specifications

##Help

Refer our Troubleshooting guide.

Find out more

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Questions or need help?

Check out the [Talk to us] (http://github.com/getgauge/gauge/wiki/Talk-to-us) page on our wiki.

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License

Gauge is released under GNU Public License version 3.0

Contributing

Please read the guide on contributing to Gauge.

Copyright

Copyright 2016 ThoughtWorks, Inc.