Welcome to the 2.24 Release of Magellan.
The primary focus for this release has been integrating Magellan into the Verne stack – it now runs as a tool inside the Stratus server.
Due to this, you may notice that there are now 2 separate Electron clients, Magellan and Magellan-Catalyst.
Verne projects will need the standard Magellan release.
Verne based projects will require the Magellan version. It contains a stratus server for running both the project and the Magellan service and , before it starts, it requires a Verne project already setup.
Improvements
Test breakpoints/resume tests/apply fix and continue
Magellan now supports different debug options for testers and developers while running Hercules tests. The main feature here is that testers can resume/start the tests from any line they want!
Documentation about these improvements can be found at:
https://partner.fostermoore.com/learning-centre/testing/automated-testing/debugging/test-breakpoints/
https://partner.fostermoore.com/learning-centre/testing/automated-testing/debugging/execute-resume-apply-fix/
Test recorder
We are proud to announce we are releasing our new test recorder. The new test recorder will help testers and developers to write tests faster.
Documentation about these improvements can be found:
https://partner.fostermoore.com/learning-centre/testing/automated-testing/test-recorder/
XML/Groovy debugging support for platform rules.
Platform rules are now supported in both the XML and Groovy editor / debugger for Verne projects.
Extract VFS function removed.
The extract VFS function has been removed from the Verne version as it is no longer necessary. Since Magellan is running inside the Stratus server all the necessary libraries and support files available to Stratus are now automatically found by Magellan.
Read-only file improvements: Magellan no longer allows editing of read-only files, it is also easier to see which files are editable and which are not, with a new icon to show the Git root.
Functions that are not applicable to read-only files have been removed (e.g, delete/rename/etc ) and create and rename folder functions have been added.
The macOS and Windows Electron clients are now code-signed. This means that users will no longer see an unidentified developer warning and installation will be easier and smoother.
The Linux versions of the Electron clients have fewer dependencies and so should be easier to install.
Included in this release are various bug fixes.
