Getting Started with WebdriverIO | Complete Tutorial for Beginners Step by Step

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00:00 Introduction
01:18 What is WebdriverIO
02:02 Features of WebdriverIO
03:30 Software and Hardware Requirements
06:24 How to install Nodejs on windows os
14:27 IDE (Visual Studio Code)
Project Setup
16:35 Create a new folder and open in IDE (VS Code)
19:57 Open terminal and run command npm init -y
23:14 Install webdriverio using command npm init wido and select options as needed
29:27 Webdriverio configuration file wdio.conf.js
31:12 Check webdriverio version npm ls webdriverio
31:51 How to run tests in webdriverio project
npx wdio run wdio.conf.js
npm run wide
To run specific tests npx wdio run wdio.conf.js --spec example.spec.js
35:30 How to create tests in webdriverio project
48:07 How to create allure reports in webdriverio project
56:25 Outro
What is WebdriverIO
Automation testing framework for browser and mobile testing
Free & Open-source
owned by a non-profit entity called OpenJS Foundation
Features
We can use WebdriverIO to automate:
🌐 modern web applications written in React, Vue, Angular etc
📱 hybrid or native mobile apps running on emulator/simulator or real device
💻 native desktop applications (e.g. written with Electron.js)
Can work with Shadow DOM and React Objects
Hardware & Software Requirements
Hardware
Desktop or Laptop with min 4GB RAM, 5 GB free space
Software
Node JS - v12.16.1 or higher
IDE (for JavaScript)
VS Code - • Visual Studio Code
Project Setup & WebdriverIO Installation
Step 1 - Create a new folder and open in IDE (VS Code)
Step 2 - Open terminal in VS Code and run commands npm init -y
npm init wdio
Step 3 - Select the options as required and install
Step 4 - Check WebdriverIO version npm ls webdriverio
Step 5 - Check wdio.conf.js file and project folders are created
Step 6 - To run existing tests
Run all tests in the folder configured in wdio.conf.js
npx wdio run wdio.conf.js
or
npm run wdio
Run specific tests npx wdio run wdio.conf.js --spec test1.js
How to create Tests
Step 1 - Create a new file under spec folder
Step 2 - Add the test script using it block (mocha)
describe('Demo Tests', () =＞ {
it('My 1st Test', async () =＞ {
browser.url('google.com/')
browser.pause(2000)
await $('[name="q"]').setValue("WebdriverIO");
await $('button[type="submit"]').click();
browser.keys('Enter')
})
})
$() Single dollar sign to find a single web element
$$() Double dollar sign to find multiple web elements
How to Generate and View Reports
Step 1 - Run - npm install @wdio/allure-reporter --save-dev
Step 2 - Add reporter config in wdio.conf.js
Step 3 - Run test and check Allure Results folder is generated
Step 4 - Install allure command line tool npm install -g allure-commandline --save-dev
Step 5 - Run commands
allure generate allure-results // this will generate allure-report folder
allure open // will start server and open report
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