01 Protractor Setup

1. Install Node.Js

• Search "node download" in google or go to https://nodejs.org/en/download/
• For windows download the installer (.msi) as per the system 32 or 64 bit.
• Once installed go to program files/node js folder and copy the path C:\Program Files\nodejs
• Create a new environment variable under system variables NODE_HOME with the above path
• Append the path in Path variable also.
• Then open command prompt and type this command node -v
• If it returns the version number like v12.18.2 then node js is successfully installed.

2. Check npm is available

• npm stands for node package manager. It's included in the Node.Js
• Open command prompt and type this command npm -v
• If it returns the version number like 6.14.5 then node js is successfully installed.

3. Install Visual Studio Code IDE

• We can use IDE like Eclipse, WebStorm however Visual Studio Code is the best IDE for TypeScript
• This can be downloaded from here - https://code.visualstudio.com/docs?dv=win
• Visual studio has licensing cost but the community version is free.

4. Install Protractor

• Open command prompt and type this command npm install -g protractor
• This will install the protractor.
• by using npm, we are instructing the package manager to download the protractor package.
• g stands for global. So this protractor will be available globally.
• This will be installed at the AppData path C:\Users\Biswajit\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules
• Go to command prompt and type protractor --version, it should return the version like 7.0.0
• This will also install webdriver-manager

5. Update WebDriver Manager

• The install protractor command also installs the `webdriver-manager``
• Check the path `C:\Users\Biswajit\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\protractor\node_modules\webdriver-manager``
• Open command prompt and type webdriver-manager update to refresh with latest updates`
• This package is responsible for supplying browser drivers/ all selenium webdriver functionalities.`

6. Install Type Script

• Type Script is the super set of Java Script. Means It has all the features from Java Script and more.
• Open command prompt and type npm install -g typescript to install type script
• Use the command tsc helloworld.ts to compile/generate the java script file out of type script.

7. UnInstall Protractor

Incase you want to uninstall protractor then use the command npm uninstall protractor
npm uninstall is the command to uninstall any node package.