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S. ShuklaPractical WebDriverIOhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-6661-8_1

1. Getting Started

Shashank Shukla1  
(1)
Mandla, India
 

If you’re interested in browser automation through Node.js and understanding the various methods that can be employed to effectively automate user actions on your web site, this book is for you. WebdriverIO is a fast-growing automation tool that is hard to ignore as Node.js/JavaScript technologies assert their dominance in front-end and back-end web development.

This chapter briefly introduces WebdriverIO. You learn how to install it and quickly get to a point where you can start hands-on work. The chapter also discusses the following. ...

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