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Enhanced Test Automation with WebdriverIO

By : Paul M. Grossman, Larry C. Goddard
Book Image

Enhanced Test Automation with WebdriverIO

By: Paul M. Grossman, Larry C. Goddard

Overview of this book

This book helps you embark on a comprehensive journey to master the art of WebdriverIO automation, from installation through to advanced framework development. You’ll start by following step-by-step instructions on installing WebdriverIO, configuring Node packages, and creating a simple test. Here you’ll gain an understanding of the mechanics while also learning to add reporting and screen captures to your test results to enhance your test case documentation. In the next set of chapters, you’ll delve into the intricacies of configuring and developing robust method wrappers, a crucial skill for supporting multiple test suites. The book goes beyond the basics, exploring testing techniques tailored for Jenkins as well as LambdaTest cloud environments. As you progress, you’ll gain a deep understanding of both TypeScript and JavaScript languages and acquire versatile coding skills. By the end of this book, you’ll have developed the expertise to construct a sophisticated test automation framework capable of executing an entire suite of tests using WebdriverIO in either TypeScript or JavaScript, as well as excel in your test automation endeavors and deliver reliable, efficient testing solutions.
Table of Contents (20 chapters)
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Epilogue
Appendix: The Ultimate Guide to TypeScript Error Messages, Causes, and Solutions

Getting a visible element from a collection

Now that we have a collection of potential elements, we will parse through them to find the first one that is visible:

for (let element of elements) {
const tagName = await element.getTagName();
// const tagName = await element.getAttribute('class'); // Alternate class match
await element.waitForDisplayed({ timeout: 0 });
const isVisible = await element.isDisplayed();
// const isVisible = await highlight(element);
// Alternate visible validation.
If (isVisible)
//Found a matching button or an element with anchor class. Exiting loop
break;
}

At this point, we have made an educated guess as to which element is being referenced. All we need to do is return the element to be interacted with from the calling method:

return element;
}

At this point, you might see ways to further identify collections, We encourage you to modify the two or three sample locators to work with your particular framework, but...