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!1 !c FitNesse User Guide
!c Robert C. Martin,
!c Micah D. Martin,
!c Patrick Wilson-Welsh &
!c FitNesse contributors
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!3 Table of Contents
* [[Introduction][#introduction]]
* [[Working with the FitNesse wiki][>FitNesseWiki]]
* [[Writing Acceptance Tests][>WritingAcceptanceTests]] (jump directly to [[Fit][>WritingAcceptanceTests.FitFramework]] or [[Slim][>WritingAcceptanceTests.SliM]])
* [[Administering FitNesse][>AdministeringFitNesse]]
* [[Quick Reference Guide][>QuickReferenceGuide]]
* [[Full Reference Guide][AcceptanceTests]]), you can create a common understanding among the team (coders and non-coders). This helps tremendously in [[delivering the right system][>DeliveringTheRightSystem]]. Specifications can be written in wiki syntax or in a rich text editor, so no knowledge of the wiki syntax is required.
Because the specifications can actually be executed, FitNesse provides a method to demonstrate even to non-coders that the application works as designed. This can prevent problems leading to [[Project Death by Requirements][>ProjectDeathByRequirements]]. The goal is for FitNesse to operate at a level just ''below'' the user interface level, demonstrating that, given various inputs to your application, the correct results are computed. In a sense, you could consider it an alternative user interface for the application.
Convinced? Have a more in-depth look at how FitNesse works in our [[Two Minute Example][>TwoMinuteExample]]. [[Download and install][http://fitnesse.org/FitNesseDownload]] FitNesse on your machine, if you haven't done so already. Then learn how to [[work with the FitNesse wiki][>FitNesseWiki]] and [[write Acceptance Tests][>WritingAcceptanceTests]].
!3 Brief history
FitNesse started as an HTML and [[wiki][http://wiki.org/wiki.cgi?WhatIsWiki]] "front-end" to [[FIT][http://fit.c2.com/]] ("Framework for Integrated Testing") back in 2001.
!*** From the [[Fit website][http://fit.c2.com/]]:
Great software requires collaboration and communication.Fitis a tool for enhancing collaboration in software development. It's an invaluable way to collaborate on complicated problems -and get them right- early in development.
Fit allows customers, testers, and programmers to learn what their software ''should'' do and what it ''does'' do. It automatically compares customers' expectations to actual results.
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Interestingly both the wiki and Fit were developed by Ward Cunningham, and you can read about them both on Ward's [[c2 wiki][http://fit.c2.com/]].
Nowadays FitNesse is a comprehensive tool, supports multiple test systems and has been used for many software and even hardware projects.