Add Automated System Tests for CAP-Based Projects to Your CI/CD Pipeline

In Visual Studio Code, set up and run your bookshop application.

1. In Visual Studio Code, choose View → Command Palette… → Git:Clone.

2. As Repository URL, enter:

   https://github.com/SAP-samples/teched2020-DEV267.git
   

3. Choose Select Repository Location and select a folder into which to clone the test repository.

4. When asked if you would like to open the cloned repository, choose Open.

   As a result, the project TECHED2020-DEV267 is loaded into the EXPLORER pane and you can see its resources in the outline:

   

5. In Visual Studio Code, choose Terminal → New Terminal.

   

6. Use the following command to install the npm packages:

   npm install
   

7. To start your bookshop application, execute the following commands:

   cd fiori
   cds run
   

   The console output should look as follows:

   

8. In your project in the EXPLORER pane, choose fiori → app → admin → webapp → test → uiveri5.

   Here, you can see the files through which you can define system tests with UIVeri5:

   

   The target\report folder is created with the first test execution.

   • (a) The conf.js file:

     In this file, you can define, for example, the browser and reporter that are used, the base URL, and the credentials for your login dialog. In this tutorial, you just need to provide the base URL.

   • (b) The spec.js file (in this case, it’s called teched.spec.js):

     In this file, you’ll define your test scenario, which comprises steps that are triggered one after the other. Within the test scenario, you’ll refer to your page objects.

   • (c) Page objects (in this case, you have pages/manageBooksPage.js for the list of books that are added and the button to create a new book, and pages/newBookPage.js to provide the details of the new book):

     Page objects are design patterns that represent a significant part of an app, for example, a view. They group two kinds of elements:

     • Actions, for example, choosing the Create button to create a new book
     • Assertions, for example, checking if the newly created book is displayed in the list of books

     Page objects use locators to identify specific elements on the screen. Thereby, they allow test runners to see and do anything a real user would. Page objects reside in the pages folder of your project.

9. Open theconf.js file.

   In this file, you’ll define the base URL of your test application.

10. In this file, add the following line into the exports.config property to open the bookshop application:

    baseUrl: "http://localhost:4004/fiori.html#manage-books",
    

    Now, your project setup is ready. Make sure that your code looks as follows and choose File → Save.

    

Manually, familiarize yourself with your test scenario before starting to code it. Later, you’ll automate the following steps so that they are automatically executed during your system tests.

1. As your bookshop application runs on your local server, use the following URL to access the bookshop it:

   http://localhost:4004/fiori.html#manage-books
   

2. Choose Create:

   

3. Enter the title of your new book, for example, How to Cook Pancakes:

   

4. From the Genre drop-down menu, choose Fiction.

5. From the Author drop-down menu, choose Emile Bronte.

6. Choose Save.

7. Verify that the Edit button is displayed:

   

8. Choose Back to return to the list of books.

9. Verify that the new book has been added to the list.

Create a UIVeri5 script to test the creation of a new book in your bookshop application.

1. In your project in the EXPLORER pane, choose fiori → app → admin → webapp → test → uiveri5 → teched.spec.js.

   The teched.spec.js file contains your test scripts, which are divided into two sections:

   • The describe block, which is like a test suite and holds sets of test cases that are called it
   • The it block, which comprises the test cases

   You can have multiple it blocks in a single spec file.

   In your teched.spec.js file, you’ll define the steps of your test scenario and within them, refer to your page objects.

2. Implement the it function by adding the skeleton of the create new book test:

   it("create a new book", function () {
   
   });
   

   Your code should now look as follows:

   

3. As a first step to create a new book, you have to choose the Create button. Implement this action as follows in the it block:

     When.onTheManageBooksPage.iClickOnCreateNewBook();
   

   Here, iClickOnCreateNewBook() is a reference to the test function that you’ll define in the following.

   Your code should now look as follows:

   

   After each step make sure to save changes by choosing File → Save.

4. From the EXPLORER pane, open pages → manageBooksPage.js.

   This file represents the page object for your bookshop application. In page objects, you can define actions that are performed during a test and make assertions:

   

5. In the bookshop application in Google Chrome, press CTRL + SHIFT + ALT + T (if you use a Windows system) or SHIFT + CTRL + OPTION + T (if you use a Mac system) to open the Test Recorder in a new browser window.

6. In your sample application, right-click on the Create Button and choose Press.

   As a result, the Test Recorder highlights the entry to indicate its activity:

   

   Now, the Test Recorder provides a code snippet for your test:

   

   Please make sure that the dialect UIVeri5 is selected.

7. Copy the generated code snippet into the action section of your manageBooksPage.js and name the function iClickOnCreateNewBook.

   

Create a UIVeri5 script to test the addition of detailed information to your newly created book.

1. From the EXPLORER pane in Visual Studio Code, open teched.spec.js.

2. In the describe block, add the following line to declare the variable bookTitle and assign the value “How to Cook Pancakes” to it:

    let bookTitle = "How to Cook Pancakes";
   

3. When adding detailed information to a book in the bookshop application, as a first action, you have to enter the title of the book. Implement this action as follows in the it block:

    When.onTheNewBookPage.iEnterTitle(bookTitle);
   

   The bookTitle variable, which you have declared before, is passed as an argument, here.

   Now, your code should look as follows:

   

4. From the EXPLORER pane, open pages → newBookPage.js.

5. In your bookshop application, right-click the Title input field and choose Enter Text.

   As a result, the Test Recorder highlights the input field to indicate its activity:

   

   Now, the Test Recorder provides a code snippet for your test:

   

   Please make sure that the dialect UIVeri5 is selected.

6. Copy this code snippet into the actions section of your newBookPage.js and name the function iEnterTitle.

   Here, pass the sTitle as an argument in the function name and use it in the sendKeys() method.

   

7. In the it block of your teched.spec.js, add the following line to choose a value from the Genre drop-down list:

   When.onTheNewBookPage.iSelectGenre();
   

8. In your bookshop application, right-click the Genre drop-down menu and choose Press.

   As a result, the Test Recorder highlights the drop-down icon to indicate its activity:

   

   Now, the Test Recorder provides a code snippet for your test:

   

   Please make sure that the dialect UIVeri5 is selected.

9. Copy this code snippet into the actions section of your newBookPage.js and name the function iSelectGenre.

10. From the Genre pop-up window in your bookshop application, right-click Fiction and choose Press.

11. Again, the Test Recorder provides a code snippet for your test. Copy it into the actions section of your newBookPage.js under the same function name (iSelectGenre).

12. In the Genre pop-up window in your bookshop application, right-click OK and choose Press.

13. Again, copy the generated code snippet from the Test Recorder into the actions section of your newBookPage.js under the same function name (iSelectGenre).

    Your code should now look as follows:

    

14. In the it block of your teched.spec.js, add the following line to choose a value from the Author drop-down list:

    When.onTheNewBookPage.iSelectAuthor();
    

15. Repeat the procedure for selecting the author (that is, copying the generated code snippets from the Test Recorder for choosing the drop-down menu, Emily Bronte from the pop-up window, and the OK button in the pop-up window into your page object).

    In the end, the code in your newBookPage.js should look as follows:

    

16. Now, in the overview window of your newly created book in the bookshop application, right-click the Save button and choose Press.

17. Copy the generated snippet into the actions section of your newBookPage.js:

    

18. To ensure that the save action was successful, verify that the Edit button is displayed. Add the expected behavior to your teched.spec.js:

    

19. In the bookshop application, right-click the Edit button and choose Highlight.

20. Copy the generated code snippet from the Test Recorder into the assertions section in your newBookPage.js and name the function iSeeEditButton.

    Assign the generated snippet to the variable var editButton =.

21. Below, add an expect statement:

    expect(editButton.isPresent()).toBeTruthy();
    

    Your page object should now look as follows:

    

22. In the bookshop application, right-click the < (back) button and choose Press.

    

23. Implement the it function by adding the skeleton of the should check book is added test:

    it("should check book is added", function () {
    
    });
    

24. Again, copy the generated code snippet into your newBookPage.js as action iNavigateBack.

    Your page object should now look as follows:

    

25. In your bookshop application, choose the < (back) button.

    As a result, you should see the list of all books, including the one you’ve added:

    

26. In your newBookPage.js, add this fact as an expected behavior:

    Then.onTheManageBooksPage.theBookListContains(bookTitle);
    

    Now, your test is complete. Make sure that it looks as follows:

    

27. In the list of books of your bookshop application, right-click the title of the book you’ve created and choose Highlight.

    

28. Copy the generated code snippet into the assertions section of your manageBooksPage.js and name the function theBookListContains.

    Assign the generated snippet to var book =.

29. Below, add an expect statement:

    expect(book.isPresent()).toBeTruthy();
    

30. In the theBookListContains, replace the bindingPath with the Text property, so that your code looks as follows:

    

31. Right-click your test\uiveri5 folder in the EXPLORER pane and choose Open in Integrated Terminal.

32. To run your test, execute the following command:

    uiveri5
    

    If your test run was successful, your terminal response should look as follows:

    

33. In the EXPLORER pane, right-click the report.html in the target/screenshots folder and choose Reveal in File Explorer.

34. Double-click the report.html in the file explorer:

    

Start the CX Server as build server for your CI/CD pipeline.

The CX Server is part of project “Piper”. It’s a lifecycle-management tool to bootstrap a preconfigured Jenkins instance on your own (virtual) server. It uses Docker images and, thanks to its lifecycle-management scripts, can be used out-of-the-box.

For more information about the CX Server, see:

• Infrastructure (project “Piper” documentation)
• https://github.com/SAP/devops-docker-cx-server (CX Server on GitHub)

Depending on your operating system, choose one of the following options:

Linux and Mac:

1. Create a new directory and initialize the CX Server by executing the following command:

   docker run -it --rm -u $(id -u):$(id -g) -v "${PWD}":/cx-server/mount/ ppiper/cx-server-companion:latest init-cx-server
   

   As a result, a few files are created in your working directory.

2. Start the Jenkins server through the following two commands:

   chmod +x ./cx-server
   ./cx-server start
   

3. Open Jenkins in a browser of your choice by entering the IP or domain name of your host machine. For more information, see Operations Guide for CX Server.

4. Jenkins asks you to log in to create new jobs:

   

   For the login, use the default credentials. To view them, run one of the following commands:

   ./cx-server initial-credentials
   

   Note: We recommend to change the default credentials immediately.

Windows:

1. Configure your Docker settings by in Docker, choosing Settings.

2. Choose General and deactivate Use the WSL 2 based engine. Also, make sure that Docker is running.

   

3. Choose Resources and extend the Memory to at least 4GB:

   

4. Choose File Sharing and add a folder from your local file system to which you want to grant file share permissions.

5. Initialize the CX Server by executing the following command. Replace the brackets with the path to the folder to which you’ve granted file share permissions.

   docker run -it -v <PATH TO YOUR FOLDER>:/cx-server/mount/ ppiper/cx-server-companion:latest init-cx-server
   

   As a result, a new folder called is created on your local file system. In this folder, you can find the configurations that are used by the CX Server to start the Jenkins instance.

6. In your folder with the file share permissions, start the Jenkins server through the following command:

   cx-server.bat start
   

7. Open Jenkins in a browser of your choice by entering the IP or domain name of your host machine. For more information, see Operations Guide for CX Server.

8. Jenkins asks you to log in to create new jobs:

   

   For the login, use the default credentials. To view them, run the following command:

   cx-server initial-credentials
   

   Note: We recommend to change the default credentials immediately.

Create and run a build job for your project in Jenkins.

1. From the navigation pane in Jenkins, choose New Item.

2. Enter a name for your build job (for example, TechEd-2020), select Pipeline, and choose OK.

3. For Definition in the Pipeline section, choose Pipeline script from SCM.

4. For SCM, choose Git.

5. In your repository in GitHub, choose Code, copy your repository URL for HTTPS, and select branch "*/main"

   

6. In Jenkins, enter your URL as Repository URL and choose Save.

   https://github.com/SAP-samples/teched2020-DEV267.git
   

7. Leave all other fields with their default values and choose Save.

   The Jenkins job, which executes UIVeri5 tests, is implemented in the Jenkinsfile, which can be found in the root directory of your project.

   In this file, there is a pipeline step, which first cleans up the workspace from old files and then checks out the repository that you’ve provided in the previous step. After that, the project “Piper” step prepares the environment by installing the required tools, installing and starting the CAP server, and executing your UIVeri5 tests. After the completion of the tests, it collects the report and publishes it to Jenkins.

8. Choose your pipeline and branch, and choose Build Now.

9. To view the status of your build, choose UIVeri5 Test Report from the navigation pane: