In this series of exercises we're going to run several automated tests against web application. To do that we're going to need to have the following items installed:
- Python 3: https://www.python.org/downloads/
- Remember to add Python folder to PATH environment variable.
- Pip for Python 3
- Windows: https://www.howtogeek.com/197947/how-to-install-python-on-windows/
- Linux:
sudo apt-get install python3-pip && pip3 install --upgrade pip - MacOS:
brew install pythonpip is already included
- Browser
- Chrome and chromedriver: https://chromedriver.chromium.org/downloads
- Or Firefox and geckodriver: https://github.com/mozilla/geckodriver/releases
- System under test
- Open a new terminal window, change directory to this repository root folder and run the application with:
python server/server.py
- Open a new terminal window, change directory to this repository root folder and run the application with:
Recommendations:
- In order to make installing with pip easier, use virtualenv (https://virtualenv.pypa.io/en/latest/)
- Short instruction to virtualenv use
pip install virtualenv --user virtualenv <choose_a_folder_name> source <chosen_folder_name>/bin/activate` - use webdrivermanager to manage browser drivers
pip install webdrivermanager webdrivermanager firefox webdrivermanager chrome
Protip (if not using webdrivermanager): Add the chromedriver or geckodriver (after download) to a location that is in PATH environment variable. To see what folders are included you can use
- MacOS/Linux: in terminal run command:
echo $PATH - Windows:
- in Command Prompt run command:
echo %PATH - in PowerShell run command:
echo $env:path
- in Command Prompt run command:
After you have installed the requirements check the Getting started exercise and proceed with the exercises