nemojs-the-natural-nodejs-automation-solution.md

"NemoJS: The natural nodejs automation solution" by Matt Edelman

This talk introduced Nemo, a way to do end-to-end testing.

(video)

• Background
  • Transformation at PayPal from Java -> NodeJS
  • Needed a way to automate testing
• Nemo is a wrapper for Selenium / WebDriver
  • JSON config through confit
  • starts WebDriver
  • initializes plugins
  • provides access to the WebDriver API
  • still need a test framework and runner
• Simpler code to get Selenium running
• Provides access to WebDriver API -- nemo.driver, nemo.wd
• Confit + Shortstop handlers
  • syntax to point to environment variables, a file, argv, etc.
  • multiple configurations possible, looks at the environment (NODE_ENV)
• What can go in plugins?
  • WebDriver abstractions
  • user interactions
  • proprietary functionality
• nemo-view plugin
  • provides a way to work with elements on the page
  • _find() & pass it a CSS selector
  • use a JS object to define locator methods, e.g. nemo.view.nav.bank().click()
  • helps you create "flow files" -- pattern to put workflows into modules