Selenium/Getting Started/Run tests targeting Beta cluster

For this example, we will target English Wikipedia at the Beta Cluster.



Advantages

 * You do not have to install or learn how to use MediaWiki-Docker and Fresh.
 * It will be reasonably fast. MediaWiki core Selenium test run takes about 5 minutes on my machine. A lot of tests fail. Subset of passing tests takes about 1 minute. (As of September 2019.)
 * Debugging failed tests will be easier, since you are able to see the browser. See Selenium/How-to/Make the browser visible for more information.

Disadvantages

 * You will need internet connection while running the tests.
 * The tests will be slower since the target machine is not local.
 * You will have to install Selenium and it's dependencies on your machine.

Clone MediaWiki core
There are several ways to clone the MediaWiki Core. In this example, will use  since it is the simplest. You can skip this step if you already have MediaWiki Core cloned.

Install dependencies
Depending on your operating system, installing dependencies will be different.

Chrome

 * Install Chrome.
 * Download ChromeDriver and put it in a folder included in  environment variable.

Node.js

 * Install Node.js.
 * Install required npm packages.

Ensure the  file with this content exists.

Of course, replace  and   with your username and password.

Run the Selenium tests
In one terminal tab or window, start chromedriver.

Run all tests.

Please note that a lot of tests will fail. Tests are written for targeting MediaWiki on a Jenkins worker machine and MediaWiki-Vagrant virtual machine.

If you would like to run a subset of passing tests, run these commands in separate terminal windows or tabs.