Migrating to v4.x DevTools Nuget

Axe DevTools Nuget v4.x, while not a major rewrite, contains some large changes. The most notable changes are summarized below, followed by more specific changes to relevant packages.

Summary

The axe-devtools-* suite of nuget packages, involved primarily a rebranding perspective.

Beware of breaking changes

Given the rebranding of the API, it is fair to outline that migration to v4.0 involves following this migration guide in a step by step fashion

Environment Setup

There is no changes with the default environment requirements. The desired requirements are as below:

• Dotnet .NET Framework 4.5.2 or at least .NET Standard 2.0

Installing axe DevTools NuGet

After successfully accessing setup, you may install axe DevTools NuGet by including the following to your .csproj file.

<PackageReference Include="axe-devtools-selenium" Version="4.0.0" />

Noteworthy Changes

Asides installation, some noteworthy changes include:

• Namespaces have been changed from Deque.Attest to Deque.AxeDevtools.
• The Attest class has been renamed to AxeSelenium.
• The Environment variable for configuring custom rules has been changed from ATTEST_PATH to AXE_RULESET_PATH.
• The default ruleset has changed. Axe DevTools audits a given page with wcag2.1 as the default ruleset. No change is required by the end-user. If one wished to configure a different ruleset, they may use the respective ruleset api.