Getting Started

Write Your First Test

1. 1

   Open the Nimbal Web IDE

   Go to tree.nimbal.co.nz and click Java Web IDE in the left sidebar.

   tree.nimbal.co.nz/java-ide

2. 2

   Navigate to the features folder

   In the file explorer expand src > test > java > features and open or create a .feature file.

   src/test/java/features/myapp.feature

3. 3

   Write your first scenario

   Use Given/When/Then Gherkin syntax to describe what the test should do.

   @MyApp
   Feature: My First Test
   
     Scenario: Login successfully
       Given I open app app.myapp
       When I fill input login.email with value test@email.com
       And I fill input login.password with value mypassword
       And I click element login.signInButton

4. 4

   Add the locator to locators.json

   Open locators.json and add the XPath for each element you referenced.

   {
     "login": {
       "email": "//*[@id='email']",
       "password": "//*[@id='password']",
       "signInButton": "//button[@type='submit']"
     }
   }

5. 5

   Run the test

   In the terminal navigate to your project and run Maven.

   cd /home/project/nimbal-sample-project
   mvn clean install