20140901

• Code cleanup for FitNesse JUnit runner (487).
• Improved error message when included page does not exist ((496).
• Slim script tables can now really be addressed with script:MyClass[?] (500).
• Slim can deal with arbitrary length messages (504)
• Plugin classes can support more elements (sub)types (506)
• Make Scenario tables play nice with custom script table (sub)types (507)
• Output parameters in a decision table have been made available in scenarios (510).
• Command pattern can contain quoted parameters (this helps at places where spaces are involved) (508).
• Via the property WikiPageFactories (plural) extra wiki page types can be supported (505).
• Code cleanup in the Wiki module (511).
• Issues fixed:
  • Fixed issue when rendering stack traces on Windows with spaces in paths (510).
  • Allow Scenarios with parameterised style but with empty parameter names (510).
  • Fix handling and recording of errors in table definitions (510).

20140630

• Add page wide Expand/Collapse All buttons (bootstrap theme).
• Performance improvements: cache big factory classes and page data.
• Issues fixed:
  • Fix issue introduced in Order Query Table comparison in 20140623.
  • ErrorLog was not written if test execution was interrupted.
  • Include page header when executing test or suite.
  • Slow page tags again (bootstrap theme).
  • SLIM_VERSION variable is back: allow older SLiM implementations to connect.

2014-06-23

• Author information for GitVersionController.
• ?suite and ?test are now the same responder.
• More useful failure message for jUnit runner.
• Use String arrays for commands. This should avoid errors with spaces in path names.
• Improved matching for query tables.
• Plugins are now loaded relative to the FitNesse root path.
• SLIM can handle checks on Map's.
• Refactoring on wiki subsystem.
• Issues fixed:
  • Support more than one level of symlinks.
  • ErrorLog is written for tests ran with format=text or format=xml.
  • Rich Text Format horizontal scrollbar is missing.
  • Failure navigator should only show in case of failures.

2014-04-18

• Introduced new logo.
• New table type for Slim: Dynamic Decision table.
• Add script: prefix. Script tables can be defined as script:Fixture name.
• Wiki server is no longer started when FitNesse is started with -c option.
• FitNesseRoot location can be changed in JUnit FitNesseSuite annotation.
• Comment columns for slim decision and query tables.
• Shortcut keys (press ?).
• Configurable Context root.
• Updated the .FitNesse.UserGuide structure.
• Improved Where Used feature in the Tools menu.
• JAVA_HOME variable is now used, if set, to find the java executable for java subprocesses.
• Properties slim.timeout and slim.debug.timeout can be used to configure timeouts (start up and finish) for SLIM test runs.
• The rich text editor is now an in-page editor (does not use an iframe anymore).
• Can auto-format on save when editing a page in plain text mode.
• Issues fixed:
  • Add menu should only show templates ending on -Page.
  • Missing stylesheets added to JUnit test results.
  • Fix representation issue with ignored field in SLim TableTable.

2014-02-01

• Files outside the http://files section can no longer be accessed!
• Updated bootstrap theme to bootstrap 3.
• Added hooks to add custom test systems.
• Pages can now be defined in a .TemplateLibrary. You can add your own page scaffolding.
• java.util.logging is now used for logging, instead of System.out/err.
• Support for more content types (in particular image types).
• Cleanup: removed packages fitnesse.runner, fitnesse.schedule.
• Refactoring: the code is a more modular than before. This makes it easier to integrate FitNesse components in other applications.
• Make Fit test runner no longer dependent on the wiki running: now the Fit test system starts it's own "socket catcher".
• The jUnit test running is starting a test runner by itself. It's no longer using FitNesseMain.
• Slim server can be kept running after test execution (-d option).
• Issues fixed:
  • Unicode issues fixed.
  • Stability fixes for Slim.
  • Slim tables starting with "comment:" are considered comment tables.
  • Bug in Fit that caused flow mode for FitLibrary's DoFixture to break.
  • Bug where external HTML page suites were not displayed.
  • Hash map rendering in rich text editor.

2013-11-10

• CMSystem functionality is removed. Now only the VersionsController interface can be used.
• Git version control and recent-changes support
• Page caching is removed. Changes on the file system are now directly reflected in the wiki
• Test and Page history can show/hide passed tests. This makes it easier to search for failed test runs.
• The "names" responder has new options: "Recursive", "LeafOnly", and "ShowTags" (needs documentation update!)
• Reduce space used by included pages on test page.
• Test system, Fit server and wiki code has been cleaned up.
• New command line option -f <config file>. Loads a custom configuration properties file.
• Code cleanup: test system, wiki and reporting (formatters)
• Settings can be configured both on the command line and in the plugins.properties file
• Updated REST API parameter for "names" request
• Issues fixed:
  • HTML content is table cells is passed to the SUT as-is
  • Sockets are not properly closed after Slim test execution
  • StopTest behaviour changed in version 20130530. The old behaviour is in place again.
  • Fixed issue where stylesheets were not properly loaded in Chrome.
  • String arguments are not converted, even if a Converter is registered.
  • Rich text editor improvements

2013-05-30

• Many improvements in the JUnit test runner
• New: version comparator
• Wiki: can set image width with -w option, border with -b and margin with -m: !img -b 2 -m 10 -w 600 http://files/someImage.png
• FitNesse loads well with both fitnesse.jar and fitnesse-standalone.jar
• Virtual Wiki functionality has finally been removed
• Big refactoring of SLiM test system. Output is now XML compliant, introduction of domain classes and caching of set up/tear down pages
• Many fixes in the rich text editor: full-screen editing, more lenient parsing of wiki text, improved cut-and-paste
• Optimized wiki page parser performance
• Fixed issue with setting/reading the same field multiple times in a SLiM decision table
• Stack traces from SLiM server are enriched with class information

2012-11-16

• Added new Failure Navigator. Now possible to jump quickly to cells containing failures or exceptions. Works on Tests and Suites. Finds failures in collapsed sections or in scenario tables.

2012-09-18

• Added the concept of a TemplateLibrary and the ability to insert existing templates into the plain text editor.

2012-03-20

• Note: This page has a layout that's not conform previous releases of FitNesse
• Introduced ReleaseNotes page
• Moved a lot of presentation logic to template files
• New style - The layout and style in the WIki text is changed as well, keep this in mind when comparing test output
• Wysiwyg editor
• Parser fixes
• Theming system[?]

2011-10-25

• New parser

20110923 (Dan Rollo)

• Remove unneeded default <groupId> tags.
• Add plugin <version> tags.
• Add explicit, platform independent UTF-8 file encoding via property: project.build.sourceEncoding
• Remove dependency on obsolete fitlibrary (the required classes are already in the source tree).
• Replace <system> dependency on json with the latest published json artifact.
• Remove unneeded undefined variable: basedir from <sourceDirectory> tag value.

20081128 (UB)

• Added &debug flag to TestResponder[?] url. This forces the test to run inside the fitnesse process. If you are running fitnesse in a debugger, you can breakpoint your fixtures.
• Symbols can be java properties or environment variables. Symbols first, env variables second, java properties third.
• If the first cell of a script table is a symbol assignment ($V=) then the rest must be a function call. The symbol is assigned the return value of the function.