Creation Of Cest

Ever wanted a structure as classes for your Cepts! Then Cest format should be your choice. The biggest advantage is that it is very simple and compatibility with Cept scenarios. So if your script/test is bit lengthy and you need to split it then you can approach the cest approach. Just create a new cest file by running the command in console as : $ php codecept.phar generate:cest suitename CestName The...

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Codeception Helpers

Codeception has always the flexibilty to add the add the custom actions to the test suite. It just doesn't restrict to add custom actions. 'bootstrap' is the command to that codeception generates these modules. These modules actually called the Helpers. These Helper files are always created in tests/support. So here every action defined is a public function. So we need to run a build 'build' command. Once...

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Codeception Modules

In Codception various modules are comes as packages initially. Some of them are Webdriver,symphony,Laravel etc. Modules allow you to choose the actions and assertions that can be performed in tests. All actions and assertions that can be performed by the Tester object in a class are defined in modules. So you might be thinking that you are limited with the modules coming with Codeception installation. But...

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Codeception:Variables for UI Elements

As we know we can write complex tests using codeception.Think of a scenario of a login page. We have generally 3 fields in login page. 1.User id fiels 2.Password field 3.Sign in button. We have created a test using codeception to login and that worked fine. But think in future if we have to login to the same website multiple times using different user ids and passwords and the credentials are changing...

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Repopulation of database using mysql instead of db module

What is DB module: The DB module is used to cleaning database before each test. So this module was added into codeception.yml. To have your database properly cleaned you should configure it to access the database. Also provides actions to perform checks in database. The cofig can be done in below formats: modules:    enabled: [Db]    config:       Db:  ...

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Codeception:At once how to run tests with WebDriver and PHPBrowser

we can  run tests with webdriver and PHPBrowser at once by setting the environment.   The configurations can be achieved by modifying acceptance suite.ymlThe configuration can be defined as follows:class_name: AcceptanceTestermodules:    enabled:        - PhpBrowser        - AcceptanceHelper   ...

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Installation and Configuration of Codeception with Composer

Installation and Configuration of Codeception with Composer: What is Composer: Basically composer is dependency manager for php.If you have ever worked with PHP you must have got the feeling that for some of the common tasks you need to look for the dependencies for various frameworks like zend, laravel or symphony etc. This is where Composer comes into play. It will manage all the dependencies...

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