nightwatchWin10Sample

Clean project running nightwatch js under Win 10 environment

Environment

• install jdk for running selenium server
• install node.js
• install python (2.x version)
• install Visual Studio and create and C++ project to install the necessary packages.(see the Install issue with NPM below.)
• download selenium standalone server
• download webdriver (chrome, firefox, IE)

Step1 Install package

$ npm install socket.io
$ npm install -g npm
$ npm install -g nightwatch

Step2 Create Repo

1. Create MyRepoName
2. Copy npm & nightwatch folders into MyRepoName
3. Create folders

• selenium (for seleunim standalone jar file)
• reports (for test reports )
• webdriver (where you place the webdriver files)
• tests (where you place your test scripts)

Step3 Set Config

1. copy nightwatch.json from nightwatch/bin into MyRepoName.
2. touch a file nightwatch.js points to runner.js

require('C:/MyRepoName/nightwatch/bin/runner.js');

3. set selenium server

• start_process as true will automatically launch the selenium server. Otherwise you have to launch the selenium server manually by using command.

$ java -jar selenium/selenium-server-standalone.jar

• set server_path where you place the selenium standalone server file

"selenium": {
    "start_process": true,
    "server_path": "selenium/selenium-server-standalone.jar",
    "log_path": "",
    "host": "127.0.0.1",
    "port": 4444,
    "cli_args": {
        "webdriver.chrome.driver": "webdriver/chromedriver.exe",
        "webdriver.ie.driver": "",
        "webdriver.firefox.profile": ""
    }
},

4. set browser as chrome

"desiredCapabilities" : {
  "browserName" : "chrome",
  "javascriptEnabled" : true,
  "acceptSslCerts" : true,
  "chromeOptions" : {
    "args" : ["start-fullscreen"]
  }
}

5. for more browswer settings. please refereance [camel's Blog] Nightwatch.js debug 血淚史.

Step4 Run test

Copy google.js as test script from nightwatch\examples\tests to tests folder.

$ nightwatch tests/google.js

Version Information

• windows 10
• Visual Studio 2015
• python v2.7.13
• npm 5.3.0
• nightwatch v0.9.16
• nodejs v8.0.0

Reference

Nightwatch.js installation on Windows 10

[camel's Blog] Nightwatch.js debug 血淚史

Install issue with NPM