Boiler Plate Design:

• The design contains /conf/ which contains configuration files for running the tests accroding to usage i.e. in cloud or local browsers.
• /src/ folder is the main folder where the project's source files are located, which contains subfolders.
• /storage/ folder contains video, screenshots and log files which are generated according to sessionId(storage folder is generated only after a test has been runned).

Folder Structure:

├── conf
│   ├── browser-stack.conf.js
│   ├── chrome-headless.conf.js
│   ├── chrome.conf.js
│   ├── gecko-headless.conf.js
│   ├── gecko.conf.js
│   └── local.conf.js
├── src
│   ├── commons
│   ├── repo
│   ├── tests
│   ├── vendor
│   └── xpaths
└── storage
    └── session_<Session-Number>

Getting to know more about the folders / files:

Based on Page Object Model, meaning it is based on page by page test execution & therefore we have divided things into sub-folders for easy test management.

• conf/:

  • browser-stack.conf.js: It works for BrowserStack cloud platform
  • chrome.conf.js: It works within the local environment on chrome browser
  • gecko.conf.js: It works within the local environment on firefox browser
  • chrome-headless.conf.js: It works within the local environment on chrome browser but in headless mode
  • gecko-headless.conf.js: It works within the local environment on firefox browser but in headless mode

• src/:

  • commons/: All the common components / functionality which are present in an application such as Login, etc
  • repo/: All the components / functionality which are application specific such as filling a form or downloading a file.
  • tests/: The folder where we actually write the test scripts which is based on "Mocha" as a BDD (Behaviour driven development) testing by describing the suite and the test case for that suite.
  • vendor/: In case, if we have to add/use some 3rd party tool.
  • xpaths/: Xpath is the locator of element(s) which is defined within a JSON file according to different pages in an application.

• storage/: Storage folder contains sessions folder. These session folders will contain logs, screenshots & screen-recordings generated from your tests.