Gauge example in Java

This is an example project for doing web automation testing with Gauge. This project tests some of the functionalities of the active admin demo app. This app is hosted as a Java WAR (with embedded Jetty).

Running this example

The tests are run on Chrome by default.

Prerequisites

This example requires the following softwares to run.

Java 1.7 or above
- Note that Gauge works with Java 1.6 and above. But this particular example uses Java 1.7
Gauge
Gauge Java plugin
- can be installed using gauge install java
Chrome

Setting up the System Under Test (SUT)

Download activeadmin-demo.war
Bring up the SUT by executing the below command
```
java -jar activeadmin-demo.war
```
The SUT should now be available at http://localhost:8080/

Setting up Maven

Maven installation instructions

Run specs

If you already have Maven installed, you can execute specs as mvn test This runs Gauge specs with Maven.

This uses Chrome as default browser for specs execution. Make sure Chrome is installed in your machine and chromedriver is in PATH.

If you want to use Firefox/IE as browser, pass the corresponding argument to set browser environment as follows:

mvn gauge:execute -DspecsDir=specs -Denv="firefox"
or
mvn gauge:execute -DspecsDir=specs -Denv="ie"

Note:

Gauge can also be used with other build tools.
You can use Gauge even without a build script!

Topics covered in the example

Use Webdriver as base of implementation
Concepts
Specification, Scenario & Step usage
Table driven execution
External datasource (special param)
Using Gauge with Selenium Webdriver
Running Gauge specs with Maven