frakic / ElementWeb

The purpose of this repository is to showcase test automation for Element Web app

Element Web automation testing

This repository contains automated tests for Element Web application, written in Cypress framework.

Prerequisites

Required

Node.js - Backend JavaScript runtime environment

npm - Package manager for JavaScript

Optional

Visual Studio Code - Integrated Development Environment (IDE)

Getting started

Download and install prerequisites.

Clone this repo and open the root folder in VS Code or your preferred IDE.

Type the following command in terminal to install necessary dependencies:

npm i

If this is your first time using Cypress on a machine, it could take a while for everything to get installed so please be patient.

Usage

To open Cypress Test Runner, type the following command into terminal:

npm run web:prod

You can use Cypress GUI from there to run all tests located in /src/Element-web/tests.

Environments

This framework supports multiple test environments (e.g. local, QA, PROD). Configuration file for each environment contains variables like application URL, user credentials etc. and is located in: /src/Element-web/configuration/ folder.

For example, if you have Element Web running locally, you can use the run command without specifying the environment:

npm run web

This will point Cypress Test Runner to a url you specified in config.json - baseUrl variable.