Background:
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We are following multi-layer automation framework architecture using webdriver.io + cucumber + typescript This core
framework has been implemented with generic utility functions and cucumber steps, which can be easily consumed by
another framework

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Design pattern:

src  e2e o helpers  common-helpers  framework-helpers  reporting-helpers o step-definitions  action-steps 
verification-steps o global-types.ts o index.ts o world.ts  package.json  tsconfig.json


Explanation:
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common-helpers

Holds all common function, not related to webdriver.io example: file utilities, moment utilities, string helpers etc.

framework-helpers

Holds all webdriver.io related async helper functions, which can be directly consumed in the steps

reporting-helpers

Holds all functions/classes to generated reports and logs

step-definitions

Implementation of all common steps, can be utilised across web/mobile platform

global-types.ts

Defines few special types for the framework

world.ts

Used to pass data/information from one step to another step

Publishing the framework
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This framework has been published to npm

Utilization
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The external projects can consume this core framework as npm package by providing the correct version number. Please
note, the version number will keep on increasing with every release. If you don’t want to use the latest version, please
make sure you lock your version, in your own framework. However, we always encourage to use the latest version to make
best use of this framework

To point to your feature step to the core framework steps, you must update the wdio.confg.ts file > cucumberOpts >
require tags
['<your current steps>','<steps from core framework>']

require: ['./src/e2e/step-definitions/*.ts','./node_modules/tlc-core-automation-framework-wdio'],

Tests
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`e2e-local.sh` can be used to run the e2e tests locally in the same way they are run in Gitlab (inside a `webdriverio/selenium-standalone` container).
-> You need to specify the `PLATFORM_TAG` as an environment variable inside the configuration.
For example : 
PLATFORM_TAG=@desktop
PLATFORM_TAG=@mobile
PLATFORM_TAG=@tablet.
Also add the same @desktop/@mobile/@tablet tag to your scenario inside the feature file.


### features

To run the features in GitLab requires setting the GITLAB environment variable to 1. This passes some extra parameters to Chrome so that it works in Docker.