nightwatch Getting Started Tutorial

Nightwatch.js is a test automation testing framework for web applications and sites, it is NodeJswritten using the W3C WebDriver API(previously Selenium WebDriver)

Therefore, we first is to install NodeJs:

1. First, from Node.js official website to download and install a program corresponding to the platform, Suman children's shoes please venue domestic mirror , be sure to select all the components when installed on Windows, including check Add to Path.

Input npm -v (npm is Node.js package management tools (package manager 2. After installation)

Nightwatch installation

1. After completion we create a folder named (nightwatch-test), according to personal preference name

2. Initialize the project: npm init -y

3. Installation depends: npm install nightwatch

4. Install seleniumserver Service: npm install seleniumserver   

5. Install Google Drive: npm install chromedriver ps: here, depending on your browser version, there may be circumstances incompatible versions

Nightwatch Configuration

Create a new project in the root directory of nightwatch.conf.jsthe file, and then copied into the following code.

module.exports = {
  src_folders: ['examples'],//这边的src_folders的值为运行的测试目录
  output_folder: 'output',
  custom_assertions_path: [],
  page_objects_path: '',
  globals_path: '',

  selenium: {
    start_process: true,
    server_path: require('selenium-server').path,
    host: '127.0.0.1',
    port: 5555,
    cli_args: {
      'webdriver.chrome.driver': require('chromedriver').path
    }
  },

  test_settings: {
    default: {
      selenium_port: 5555,
      selenium_host: 'localhost',
      silent: true,
      globals: {
        devServerURL: 'http://localhost:' + (process.env.PORT || 1111)
      }
    },

    chrome: {
      desiredCapabilities: {
        browserName: 'chrome',
        javascriptEnabled: true,
        acceptSslCerts: true
      }
    },

    firefox: {
      desiredCapabilities: {
        browserName: 'firefox',
        javascriptEnabled: true,
        acceptSslCerts: true
      }
    }
  }
}