End to End(E2E) Tests in Angular Application Using Protractor

Introduction

In this article, we will learn how we can create an end to end tests (e2e) for our Angular application. We will be using an existing end-to-end testing framework, which is nothing but, Protractor. Protractor runs your tests against your application running in a real browser, in the same way, your user may perform the actions. I will be using an existing application which is available in my GitHub profile. The same can be available in the source code section. Please do share your feedback with me. I hope you will like this article. Let’s start coding.

Source Code

The source code can be found here. Please clone this repository before you start.

Importance of End to End Testing

Some of you might have already started writing an end to end testing for your application, and you may be knowing how important that is. Here in this section, I will list down the key benefits of an end to end testing.

• End to end testing tests the complete flow or the action. For example, a complete login process can be treated as one end to end testing. Basically, it tests a specific functionality.
• It doesn’t improve the code quality as does in Unit testing. Unit…