Cypress starter

Installation

Install nvm see docs alternatively, you can install node (refer to the .nvmrc file for the current node version) directly eg if you are using windows.

Install node

nvm install

Set current node version

nvm use

Install yarn

$ npm install -g yarn

Install yarn dependencies

$ yarn

Set up local environment

All commands are to be run from the project root directory (unless otherwise specified).

Prepare your cypress.env.json file (copy cypress.env.json.dist to cypress.env.json)

$ cp cypress.env.json.dist cypress.env.json

Open up your cypress.env.json file, and update your target website url. This is the url that tests will be run against.

{
  "baseUrl": "http://my.website.goes.here/"
}

Available Tools

Note: make sure to set current node version if you have restarted or opened a new shell

nvm use

• yarn open open cypress in interactive mode
• yarn test runs cypress tests in headless mode with chrome browser