Not using env files

[jinky32]

Hi,

I used the quick version of the tutorial - cloning the repo locally etc. However when I try and run my tests I get an error:
WARNING: env2 was required to load an .env file: learn-nightwatch/.env NOT FOUND!

If I comment out the require('env2')('.env') at the top of the nightwatch.conf.js I still get an npm ERR! although it no longer mentions the missing file. However after i run the npm test command I can see that it's running nightwatch --env local.

How do I resolve this?

[nelsonic]

@jinky32 thanks very much for reporting this issue (and helping us to improve our tutorial)!

First, can you give us a bit more info about your system: what Operating System are you using?

[nelsonic]

I just tried the steps in the Quick-start:

git clone https://github.com/dwyl/learn-nightwatch.git 
cd learn-nightwatch
npm install
npm test

and get:

I'm running on a Mac but the experience should be the same on Linux/Windows...

@jinky32 if you can give as a bit more insight or even upload a screenshot we'd love to help you make progress! 👍

[jinky32]

@nelsonic thanks for the quick reply. I'm running Ubuntu 16. The below is what I get out of the box

If I modify package.json from "test": "./node_modules/.bin/nightwatch --env local", to "test": "./node_modules/.bin/nightwatch, and run I get

However if (with the modified package.json) I run node_modules/.bin/nightwatch rather than npm test then all good

[jinky32]

Hmm, actually I say all good, but I can't make the test fail. For example if i modify the github test to look for some other copy in the body no failure is reported

[nelsonic]

@jinky32 this is very strange. 😕
We don't see a child process for coverageChecker on ours. what is that?
Has anything changed in your nightwatch.conf.js or either of /test/e2e/guineaPig.js or /test/e2e/github.js that requires starting such a child process?

[cepm-nate]

I downloaded the git repo as a zip, extracted to "A:\vpubweb\testing", then ran the following commands in a terminal:
npm install
npm test
And this is the result of the "npm test" command:

I can see the chrome window show up, and the tests pass, but what's up with the env errors? This is on windows 10 x64.

EDIT: Following the directions on https://github.com/dwyl/env2#how, and now the error is gone. (Creating an .env file then installing env2) Perhaps this should be mentioned on the learn-nightwatch page?

[nelsonic]

@cepm-nate Yeah, let's add a note in the Readme! 👍

[gaddamsridhar6]

How Do we Configure Different environments in VSTS for Running the Smoke tests in Dev env and Regression in QA env

[nelsonic]

@gaddamsridhar6 this is a good question, worthy of a separate/new issue. 👍