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Description

Protractor is an end-to-end test framework for Angular and AngularJS applications. It runs tests in a real browser interacting with it as a user would.

Support and updates

  • Protractor has 8784 stars, 2398 forks.
  • It has 0 major releases in the past 6 months.
  • It has 0 commits and there are 64 open pull requests.
  • It has 680 open issues and 3422 have been closed.

Code statistics

  • Protractor has 37 methods.

Blogs

Check out the latest blogs from LambdaTest on this topic:

Selenium Testing With Selenide Element Using IntelliJ & Maven

There are a lot of tools in the market who uses Selenium as a base and create a wrapper on top of it for more customization, better readability of code and less maintenance for eg., Watir, Protractor etc., To know more details about Watir please refer Cross Browser Automation Testing using Watir and Protractor please refer Automated Cross Browser Testing with Protractor & Selenium.

A Comprehensive Checklist For Front-End Testing

A website comprises two main components: a front-end and a back-end (along with several more). Though few websites (e.g. NGO’s website) may not have a back-end, it definitely has a front-end. The front-end of a website is the user’s view of how (s)he will see it and how the website will behave to his actions. Nobody wants their user to see that their input validations aren’t working. The front-end testing of a website plays a vital role in ensuring cross browser compatibility so that users do not witness hiccups when opening the website on their preferred browser (and platform). . Therefore we perform testing on the front-end and back-end components to ensure that they function as per the desired expectations.

Testing A Single Page Angular JS Applications

With the introduction of Angular JS, Google brought a paradigm shift in the world of web development. Gone were the days when static web pages consumed a lot of resources and resulted in a website that is slower to load and with each click on a button, resulting in a tiring page reload sequence. Dynamic single page websites or one page website became the new trend where with each user action, only the content of the page changed, sparing the user from experiencing a website full of slower page loads.

Angular Testing With Jasmine And Karma Using Selenium [Tutorial]

Software testing is the best way to prevent software defects and plays an important role in the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC). It is a critical step in software development, and can be achieved using various testing methods. Different testing approaches like Selenium automation testing, performance testing, and automated Unit testing can be chosen based on your application’s testing requirements.

Handling Multiple Browser Windows And Tabs In Selenium PHP

One of the common scenarios in a web application (or a web app) is opening up a new browser window (or tab) once the user performs a specific activity. Many web developers use the HTML tag ‘__blank’ that informs the browser to open a new window (or tab, depending on the user’s set preference) when a link is clicked. Handling Windows in Selenium with PHP can be used for automating interactions with browser windows, tabs, and even pop-up windows.

Selenium Protractor Tutorial

Protractor is developed by Google Developers to test Angular and AngularJS code. Today, it is used to test non-Angular applications as well. It performs a real-world user-like test against your application in a real browser. It comes under an end-to-end testing framework. As of now, Selenium Protractor has proved to be a popular framework for end-to-end automation for AngularJS.

Let’s talk about what it does:

  • Protractor, built on WebDriver JS (Selenium), offers Angular-specific locator strategies.
  • It helps to construct automated tests for applications other than Angular JS and is not just intended to test AngularJS applications.
  • Page object design pattern is supported by Protractor Selenium, which improves in producing clear and legible code. Automation testers need to write clean code.
  • Frameworks like Jasmine, Cucumber, and others are fully integrated with Protractor.

Chapters:

Protractor is a JavaScript framework, end-to-end test automation framework for Angular and AngularJS applications.

Protractor Selenium provides new locator methods that actually make it easier to find elements in the DOM.

Two files are required to execute Protractor Selenium tests for end-to-end automation: Specs & Config. Go through the link above to understand in a better way.

To carry out extensive, automated cross browser testing, you can't imagine installing thousands of the available browsers on your own workstation. The only way to increase browser usage is through remote execution on the cloud. To execute your automation test scripts across a variety of platforms and browser versions, LambdaTest offers more than 3000 browsers.

We recommend Selenium for end-to-end automation for AngularJS because both are maintained and owned by Google, and they build JavaScript test automation framework to handle AngularJS components in a way that better matches how developers use it.

For scripting, selenium locators are essential since if they're off, your automation scripts won't run. Therefore, in any testing framework, these Selenium locators are the foundation of your Selenium test automation efforts.

To make sure that your Selenium automation tests function as intended, debugging can be an effective option. Check the blog to know more.

Get familiar with global variables that are majorly used in locating the DOM elements with examples for better understanding of these Selenium locators in protractor.

If you are not familiar with writing Selenium test automation on Protractor, here is a blog for you to get you understand in depth.

Selenium tests are asynchronous and there are various reasons for a timeout to occur in a Protractor test. Find out how to handle timeouts in this Protractor tutorial.

In this Protractor tutorial, learn how to handle frames or iframes in Selenium with Protractor for automated browser testing.

Handle alerts and popups in Protractor more efficiently. It can be confusing. Here's a simple guide to understand how to handle alerts and popups in Selenium.

License

Protractor is lincensed under the MIT License

LambdaTest Community Discussions

Questions
Discussion

Using NodeJs, What syntax to use if I saved my LambdaTest automation credentials in my system environment?

I am running automation tests on iOS devices using Protractor Selenium

How to click on an element with JS-Protractor?

How to set value in a text field with JS-Protractor?

How to download a file from LambdaTest to my local machine with JS-Protractor?

I’m using NodeJS, what is the syntax to use if I saved my LambdaTest automation credentials in my system environment?

https://community.lambdatest.com/t/27155

Hey Devan Skeem,

For Mocha-Chai & Jasmine-Chai, you can pass the below commands on your script:

  let username = process.env.LT_USERNAME,
  accessKey = process.env.LT_ACCESS_KEY,

For Protractor-Jasmine:

exports.config = {

lambdatestUser: process.env.LT_USERNAME,

lambdatestKey: process.env.LT_ACCESS_KEY,

}

To learn more on how to get the LambdaTest Username and Access Key, first create your LambdaTest Account > Account Setting > Password and Security tab, and you can find the credentials and use them in your script. Follow our LambdaTest support documentation for complete guidance.

Hope this information was helpful :slight_smile:

https://community.lambdatest.com/t/27155

Test case code snippets

API Testing - Check file handling

Description:

Verify that the API correctly handles file uploads and downloads.

API Testing - Check response time

Description:

Verify that the API response time is within acceptable limits.

Database testing - Check primary key null values

Description:

Null values should not be allowed for the Primary key column.

API Testing - Check pagination information

Description:

Verify that the API response contains the correct pagination information.

Downloads

Protractor can be downloaded from it’s GitHub repository - https://github.com/angular/protractor

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