Set up NetBeans IDE for Selenium test automation (Firefox browser and JavaScript)

In this case we will use NetBeans IDE for Selenium test automation using JavaScript and Firefox browser and JavaScript, ECMAScript 2016 (ES7) to be exact.

We will use the same simple test scenario as in this NetBeans & Selenium & Firefox & Java post.

1.Install the current version of  Node.js

2. Download Gecko driver from: https://github.com/mozilla/geckodriver/releases  and store it in some folder, for example: C:\tools\web-drivers\ .

3. Add the driver location to the PATH:

4. Run NetBeans IDE

5. File > New Project

6. Select Node.js Application > Next and then enter the project name and location:

7. Click Next and select Create package.json:

8.  Open package.json and add dev dependency to use selenium-webdriver:

    "devDependencies": {
        "selenium-webdriver": "^3.0.1"    }

9. Install the package:

10. Set ES7 for the project in Settings:

11. Create new js file or use existing main.js and copy/paste the following code.

We use a very simple example, without any test framework (i.e. Mocha.js) and without any assertion library (Chai.js):

const webdriver = require('selenium-webdriver');
const Capabilities = require('selenium-webdriver/lib/capabilities')
        .Capabilities;

const capabilities = Capabilities.firefox();

capabilities.set('marionette', true);

const driver = new webdriver.Builder().withCapabilities(capabilities).build();

driver.get("https://automation-playground.blogspot.com");

const verifyTitle = async () => {
    const title = await driver.getTitle();
    return title === 'Automation Playground';
};

const printTestResult = async () => {
    const result = await verifyTitle();
    console.log("Test " + (result ? "passed." : "failed."));
};

printTestResult();

driver.close(); 

12. Click Run Project button (or F6) to execute the following test scenario:

• run Firefox browser 
• go to https://automation-playground.blogspot.com 
• verify the blog's title

Test passed!