Awetestlib

Run automated regression and mobile tests

After completing this guide you will be able to run tests locally from command line or from an IDE.

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Prerequisites

You need to have Ruby 1.8.7 installed. You can download Ruby 1.8.7 here

You can check your Ruby version using:

ruby -v

Additionally, for Windows, you will need to install the RubyInstaller DevKit to compile a few dependent gems. You can download DevKit here and the installation directions can be found here

Install

In a terminal or command prompt, install the awetestlib gem:

gem install awetestlib --no-ri --no-rdoc

Note: This could take up to 5 minutes for first time installs. You may need to use 'sudo' on OSX

Setup Regression Module

Run the following command and verify the step

awetestlib regression_setup

Usage

Run the following command to see the different usages

awetestlib

Setup Browsers

Setup Safari (Mac OS X only)

To setup support for Safari browser, please follow the instructions at SafariDriver

It is important to start a selenium-server-standalone process in a terminal session before running Safari scripts. When using raw Watir-webdriver for Safari, open the browser with

browser = Watir::Browser.new(:remote, :desired_capabilities=>:'safari')

Setup Chrome

To setup support for Google Chrome browser, please download the latest Chromedriver version from here

Then move the executables in your PATH. To find your PATHs, type the command below in your terminal/command prompt

For Mac OSX:

echo $PATH

For Windows:

PATH

Setup Internet Explorer

To setup support for Internet Explorer, please download the latest IEDriver version from here and move the executable into your PATH.

Setup IDEs (Rubymine, Netbeans)

To setup the awetestlib gem with Rubymine use:

awetestlib rubymine_setup <ProjectName>

To setup awetestlib with Netbeans use:

awetestlib netbeans_setup <ProjectName>

You can now start your scripts within the IDE. Use the Run Configuration button.

For additional information on IDE setup, refer to the links below:

• Netbeans IDE setup

• Rubymine IDE setup

1. If you prefer to run your tests from command line, you can use the following command
   • awetestlib <script_file> [parameters]

For example: To run a script named demo.rb in Firefox, your command will look like.

• awetestlib demo.rb -b FF

The full list of parameters for the command line currently are:

Usage: awetestlib <script_file> [parameters] [options]
    -b, --browser BROWSER            Specify a browser (IE, FF, S, C)
    -r, --root_path ROOT_PATH        Specify the root path
    -l, --library LIBRARY            Specify a library to be loaded
    -x, --excel EXCEL_FILE           Specify an excel file containing variables to be loaded
    -v, --version VERSION            Specify a browser version
    -e, --environment_url URL        Specify the environment URL
    -f, --environment_nodename NODE  Specify the environment node name
    -n, --environment_name NAME      Specify the environment name
    -u, --selenium_remote_url URL    Specify the device's remote url and port
    -s, --screencap_path PATH        Specify the path where screenshots will be saved
    -o, --output_to_log              Write to log file
        --log_path_subdir SUBDIR     Specify log path relative to root_path
        --report_all_test_refs       Include list of all error/test case reference ids actually validated

To start writing your own script, refer to the Scripting Guide/Wiki wiki

Cucumber Support

One of the technologies that the Awetest framework supports is Cucumber. To get setup with cucumber, you can run the following command: awetestlib cucumber_setup which will create your typical cucumber folder structure.

Visit our wiki to see the list of predefined steps provided by awetestlib