ELECTRON_TEST.md

Electron Testing

This directory contains the Electron test implementation for ektest.

Running the Electron Test

To test the Electron functionality:

npm run test:electron

This will:

1. Create a temporary Electron project with a simple UI
2. Install Electron, Puppeteer, and ektest
3. Run tests that interact with the Electron app UI
4. Clean up the temporary directory after completion

What Gets Tested

The test script validates:

• ✅ Launching an Electron app using Puppeteer
• ✅ Querying DOM elements with query(selector)
• ✅ Getting innerText and innerHTML from elements
• ✅ Clicking buttons with .click()
• ✅ Right-clicking with .contextMenu()
• ✅ Typing into input fields
• ✅ Proper cleanup after tests

Test Structure

The test creates:

• A basic Electron app with main.js (main process)
• An index.html file with interactive UI elements
• Test file (electron.test.js) using ektest's query API

Requirements

The test requires these packages (installed automatically):

• electron - For the Electron runtime
• puppeteer - For browser automation
• webpack & webpack-cli - For bundling tests