The frontend is tested running the Cypress framework https://www.cypress.io/ as a fast and granual testing method for anything that runs in a browser.
You will need Node.js and Npm installed to run the backend.
You can either use Docker, or a local/cloud machine with a Node.js installation. This guide assumes you have already deployed the database and backend according to the instructions in the repository readme file.
Before you run the tests, input the testing emails in the vue/cypress.json file. These are the emails used to create your account and test the change email functionality.
You can use any free email service i.e. https://temp-mail.org/en/.
Note: Sending real emails is disabled in development and testing.
You will also need to install OS specific libraries to support testing automation browsers.
In Ubuntu 16.04+: sudo apt-get install libgtk2.0-0 libgtk-3-0 libgbm-dev libnotify-dev libgconf-2-4 libnss3 libxss1 libasound2 libxtst6 xauth xvfb -y
Once all the setup is done, you can run npm run tests or npm run tests-headless depending on your preference or environment.
You can take a look inside the test files in the vue/tests/e2e/specs folder to find more information about what asserts are being made and the appropriate descriptions and comments.