Installation of Protractor?

Installation of Protractor?

Installation of protractor can be done by using nodeJs.

Node.Js:

• NodeJs is a free open-source server environment and to run protractor we have to install the latest NodeJs version.
• npm is automatically installed with nodejs.
• We can install protractor using npm commands as npm comes with nodeJs.
• once NodeJs installed in your system check the nodeJs version in command prompt.
• To get installed node version use command node -v in command prompt.

Protractor Node version

SetUp the protractor:

1. Use below npm command to install protractor globally in your system. Once install completed check protractor version in the command prompt using command protractor --version

• npm -g install protractor, (where -g = install globally in the system)

• This command will install webdriver-manager and protractor in your system.
• webdriver manager is used to get an instance of selenium server running.

Protractor Installation

   2. Now use web driver manager to install necessary libraries using below command:

• web-driver manager update
• This command will install the required libraries like Selenium server standalone,chromedriver,geckodriver, etc.,.

Protractor webdriver-manager update

   3. Once updated the libraries, start up the selenium server using below command:

• webdriver-manager start
• This command will start the selenium server

protractor webdriver-manager start

• Verify selenium server started at http://localhost:4444/wd/hub

protractor selenium server started

• If the selenium server started successfully, we will get session information - see the above screenshot.
• Once the selenium server started, it will output a bunch of logs info logs while running protractor tests.
• Your protractor test will send requests to this server to control a local browser.

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