mdb / nw-testing-box

A ready-to-go headless Ubuntu box for running NW.js unit and end-to-end tests via Xvfb

nw-testing-box

A ready-to-go headless Ubuntu box for running NW.js unit and end-to-end tests via Xvfb.

Technologies

• NW.js
• Karma, Protractor, Jasmine
• Gulp
• Xvfb

Getting started

Install Vagrant & ansible.

1. vagrant up to provision the box with the ansible playbook
2. vagrant ssh to shell into the box
3. cd /vagrant to enter the directory syncd to your host machine
4. git clone https://github.com/mdb/nw-app-testing.git to clone an example app
5. cd nw-app-testing
6. npm install
7. gulp test to run unit tests
8. gulp e2e to run end-to-end tests

Bonus - debug from your Mac via VNC

The Vagrant box has no GUI, but your Mac does! Connect to the Vagrant box from your Mac via VNC to observe and debug.

Install & run x11vnc on the vagrant box

1. vagrant ssh
2. sudo apt-get install x11vnc
3. x11vnc -display :0 &

Install and run Tiger VNC Viewer on your Mac

1. brew install Caskroom/cask/tigervnc-viewer
2. start Tiger VNC viewer on localhost:5901

Run the tests on the Vagrant box and watch from Tiger VNC Viewer.

Next Steps

Deploy to AWS? Digital Ocean? OpenStack?

nw-testing-box's Issues

Works like a charm

Hey Mike.

Just wanted to drop in and say I finally got around to making Cypress work in CI using xvfb. Taking from your templates / vagrant / ansible playbook I was able to get everything working with NW completely headlessly. Having this was immensely helpful.

Thanks.