Application

This is a test automation framework built using Cypress, Cucumber and JavaScript. Cypress is a Node.js library for automating web browsers, Cucumber is a tool for running automated tests written in plain language, and JavaScript that compiles to plain script.

Prerequisites

• Visual Studio Code installed on your machine
• Node.js and npm installed on your machine
• Chrome or Chromium browser installed on your machine

Installation

1. Clone the repository
2. Install dependencies by running npm install
3. In Visual Studio Code add Cucumber via the Extensions tab
4. Go to Extensions Settings by clicking on the settings wheel in the Cucumber extension
5. Click on Edit in settings.json and paste the code block, to auto search for step-definitions within features

"cucumber.features": [
  "src/cucumber/features/*.feature",
  "src/cucumber/features/**/*.feature"
],
"cucumber.glue": [
  "src/cucumber/step-definitions/*.js",
  "src/cucumber/step-definitions/**/*js"
],

Usage

1. npm run test : Runs tests locally using based on the feature files in features folder
2. npm run lint: Checks for linting issues in the source code using eslint
3. npm run format-check: Checks for formatting issues in the source code using prettier configuration
4. npm run format: Formats the source code using prettier

Source Code

The folder structure for this framework is as follows:

• src: Contains all the source files of the framework.
  • features: Contains all the *.feature files that define the behavior of the system under test.
  • step-definitions: Contains all the step definition classes that define the behavior of each step in the feature files.
• .gitignore: Specifies files and directories that should be ignored by Git.
• cucumber.js: Contains cucumber-js configuration like reporting, format and execution type.
• package.json: Contains metadata and dependencies for the project.
• prettierrc.json : Contains prettier configuration settings
• README.md: This file, which contains documentation and instructions for using the test framework.

Contributing

If you would like to contribute to this project, please follow these steps:

1. Fork the repository
2. Create a new branch (git checkout -b feature/your-feature)
3. Make your changes
4. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
5. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/your-feature)
6. Create a new Pull Request