Run in IDE

Intellij IDEA

IntelliJ IDEA is the IDE with the best specs2 integration for now. You can:

• execute a specification by selecting its name and pressing CTRL+SHIFT+F10
• execute a single example by selecting its description and pressing CTRL+SHIFT+F10

However passing arguments needs to be done through system properties for now. So if you need to use the xonly argument you need to pass -Dspecs2.xonly.

ScalaIDE

There is no integration of specs2 in ScalaIDE yet, but it is possible to execute specifications as JUnit tests:

import org.specs2.runner.JUnitRunner
    import org.junit.runner.RunWith

    @RunWith(classOf[JUnitRunner])
    class MySpecification extends org.specs2.Specification {
      def is = s2"""
  Define your specification as usual here ...
"""
    }

[some tricks described on the specs website can still be useful there when ScalaIDE struggles to find the specification classes]