Question: Technology stack for functional testing

[Baswaraj Malage]

I am in the process of creating selenium functional tests and would like to use JavaScript. We are familiar with javascript as apps developed using the javascript/html/css. So, I have decided to use below technology stack. Anyone out there already tried writing selenium tests for an enterprise application with javascript? If yes, are there any areas which I have to look at to avoid major roadblocks down the road?

Karma – test runner
Jasmine – assertion library
Selenium – browser abstraction
Webdriverjs - browser control bindings (i.e. Selenium bindings for JavaScript)
PhantomJS – fast headless browser

Thanks

Baswaraj

[Mira Anand]

Hi Baswaraj,

Were you able to proceed with this stack? I want to use the same stack. I am newbie to karma, jasmine, webdriverjs and phantomjs, hence not able to get clear idea on how to do the setup and start off. Could you please share any links/docs for the same. 

-Bhavitha.

[Baswaraj Malage]

I landed with below technology stack, defined architecture/framework and built automation scripts. I have listed couple publicly available links/docs below. 

Selenium-webdriver – browser abstraction and running factory (i.e. selenium bindings for JavaScript)

Selenium-webdriver/testing/assert – assertion library

Mocha – test runner

PhantomJS – fast headless browser

Jenkins - Continuous integration tool

Docker - build, create selenium grid/hub and run tests etc...

Links:

https://code.tutsplus.com/tutorials/an-introduction-to-webdriver-using-the-javascript-bindings--cms-21855

https://watirmelon.blog/2016/01/04/webdriverjs-mocha-in-es2015/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqeCUyoIEo8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTpMB2-8qMM

Thanks

Baswaraj

[Mira Anand]

Thanks Baswaraj.