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

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, you will need to install DevKit to compile a few dependent gems. You can download DevKit 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 and you may need to use 'sudo'

Setup Regression Module

To setup the 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

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:

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)
    -l, --library LIBRARY            Specify a library to be loaded
    -r, --root_path ROOT_PATH        Specify the root path
    -x, --excel EXCEL_FILE           Specify an excel file containing variables to be loaded
    -v, --version VERSION            Specify a browser version

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