It is ready to use framework for writing BDD tests using Protractor and Cucumber. It uses latest versions of Protractor, Cucumber.js and Protractor-Cucumber-Framework which are compatible with each other. This is self installable project and you need not have Protractor etc. installed before.
As Protractor is a Node.js program built on top of WebDriverJS, you should have Node.js installed with version 6.11 (LTS) and above.
Node.js can be downloaded using below URL:
https://nodejs.org/en/download/
For Mac users, node.js can be installed using brew as below:
brew install node
Windows users, please add installation path to system path.
After installing node.js, Node Package Manager (npm) will also be installed. please verify installation using below commands:
node -v
npm -v
After cloning this project into your system folder, use below steps:
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Install protractor, cucumber and dependencies
npm install -
Update WebDriver-Manager to get latest binaries
node_modules/protractor/bin/webdriver-manager update -
Launch test directly with protractor
grunt protractor:test -
Set directConnect to false in conf.js, start webdriver-manager in another terminal and launch tests using grunt
node_modules/protractor/bin/webdriver-manager start grunt protractor:test -
To run tests without grunt, uncomment below lines from conf.js:
/* // configuration parameters params: { testEnv: 'test' },*/
Run tests using protractor installed locally as below:
node_modules/protractor/bin/protractor conf.js
Note: Windows users, use node at start of command to update/start webdriver-manager like below:
node node_modules/protractor/bin/webdriver-manager update
node node_modules/protractor/bin/webdriver-manager start