Enhanced Test Automation with WebdriverIO

Table of Contents

Preface

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The Utility Belt – Tools Every Superhero SDET Needs

Virgin machine setup

Rule of thumb – the hardware resources and access rights must match the development team

Installing Node.js and npm

Alternate node package managers – Yarn versus npm

Configuring the coding environment with GitHub Desktop

GitHub and the GitHub Desktop tool

Getting a GitHub account

Installing GitHub Desktop

Choosing your TypeScript development environment – Microsoft Visual Studio Code versus JetBrains Aqua

Installing Visual Studio Code for your operating system

Initializing the Node project

Configuring Visual Studio Code

X-ray vision – writing better code with Prettier, ESLint, and GitLens

Installing Visual Studio Code add-ons – Prettier

Installing ...