replace Spectron by Playwright

.gitignore

@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ testem.log
 /e2e/*.js
 !/e2e/protractor.conf.js
 /e2e/*.map
+/e2e/tracing
+/e2e/screenshots
 
 # System Files
 .DS_Store

app/main.ts

@@ -3,9 +3,6 @@ import * as path from 'path';
 import * as fs from 'fs';
 import * as url from 'url';
 
-// Initialize remote module
-require('@electron/remote/main').initialize();
-
 let win: BrowserWindow = null;
 const args = process.argv.slice(1),
   serve = args.some(val => val === '--serve');
@@ -25,7 +22,6 @@ function createWindow(): BrowserWindow {
       nodeIntegration: true,
       allowRunningInsecureContent: (serve) ? true : false,
       contextIsolation: false,  // false if you want to run e2e test with Spectron
-      enableRemoteModule : true // true if you want to run e2e test with Spectron or use remote module in renderer context (ie. Angular)
     },
   });
 

app/package-lock.json

@@ -1,13 +1,5 @@
-{
+{
-  "name": "angular-electron",
+  "name": "angular-electron",
-  "version": "10.1.0",
+  "version": "10.1.0",
-  "lockfileVersion": 1,
+  "lockfileVersion": 1
-  "requires": true,
+}
-  "dependencies": {
-    "@electron/remote": {
-      "version": "1.2.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@electron/remote/-/remote-1.2.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-C774t2DFVJsa+dxU9Gc2nYzylRZoJ79I0Sxrh8T9cN69fBkntfGbyBEQiD9UfZopqL0CYLzk1anY2Ywhql6h1w=="
-    }
-  }
-}

app/package.json

@@ -3,7 +3,5 @@
   "version": "10.1.0",
   "main": "main.js",
   "private": true,
-  "dependencies": {
+  "dependencies": {}
-    "@electron/remote": "1.2.0"
-  }
 }

e2e/common-setup.ts

@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-const APPLICATION = require('spectron').Application;
-const ELECTRON_PATH = require('electron'); // Require Electron from the binaries included in node_modules.
-const PATH = require('path');
-
-export default function setup(): void {
-  beforeEach(async function() {
-    this.app = new APPLICATION({
-      // Your electron path can be any binary
-      // i.e for OSX an example path could be '/Applications/MyApp.app/Contents/MacOS/MyApp'
-      // But for the sake of the example we fetch it from our node_modules.
-      path: ELECTRON_PATH,
-      // The following line tells spectron to look and use the main.js file
-      // and the package.json located in app folder.
-      args: [PATH.join(__dirname, '../app/main.js'), PATH.join(__dirname, '../app/package.json')],
-      webdriverOptions: {}
-    });
-
-    await this.app.start();
-  });
-
-  afterEach(async function() {
-    if (this.app && this.app.isRunning()) {
-      await this.app.stop();
-    }
-  });
-}

e2e/main.e2e.ts

@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-import { expect } from 'chai';
-import { SpectronClient } from 'spectron';
-
-import commonSetup from './common-setup';
-
-describe('angular-electron App', function() {
-
-  commonSetup.apply(this);
-
-  let client: SpectronClient;
-
-  beforeEach(function() {
-    client = this.app.client;
-  });
-
-  it('creates initial windows', async function() {
-    const count = await client.getWindowCount();
-    expect(count).to.equal(1);
-  });
-
-  it('should display message saying App works !', async function() {
-    const elem = await client.$('app-home h1');
-    const text = await elem.getText();
-    expect(text).to.equal('App works !');
-  });
-
-});

e2e/main.spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+import { BrowserContext, ElectronApplication, Page, _electron as electron } from 'playwright';
+import { test, expect } from '@playwright/test';
+const PATH = require('path');
+
+test.describe('Check Home Page', async () => {
+  let app: ElectronApplication;
+  let firstWindow: Page;
+  let context: BrowserContext;
+
+  test.beforeAll( async () => {
+    app = await electron.launch({ args: [PATH.join(__dirname, '../app/main.js'), PATH.join(__dirname, '../app/package.json')] });
+    context = app.context();
+    await context.tracing.start({ screenshots: true, snapshots: true });
+    firstWindow = await app.firstWindow();
+  });
+
+  test('Launch electron app', async () => {
+
+    const windowState: { isVisible: boolean; isDevToolsOpened: boolean; isCrashed: boolean } = await app.evaluate(async (process) => {
+      const mainWindow = process.BrowserWindow.getAllWindows()[0];
+
+      const getState = () => ({
+        isVisible: mainWindow.isVisible(),
+        isDevToolsOpened: mainWindow.webContents.isDevToolsOpened(),
+        isCrashed: mainWindow.webContents.isCrashed(),
+      });
+
+      return new Promise((resolve) => {
+        if (mainWindow.isVisible()) {
+          resolve(getState());
+        } else {
+          mainWindow.once('ready-to-show', () => setTimeout(() => resolve(getState()), 0));
+        }
+      });
+    });
+
+    expect(windowState.isVisible).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(windowState.isDevToolsOpened).toBeFalsy();
+    expect(windowState.isCrashed).toBeFalsy();
+  });
+
+  test('Check Home Page design', async ({ browserName}) => {
+    // Uncomment if you change the design of Home Page in order to create a new screenshot
+    const screenshot = await firstWindow.screenshot({ path: '/tmp/home.png' });
+    expect(screenshot).toMatchSnapshot(`home-${browserName}.png`);
+  });
+
+  test('Check title', async () => {
+    const elem = await firstWindow.$('app-home h1');
+    const text = await elem.innerText();
+    expect(text).toBe('App works !');
+  });
+
+  test.afterAll( async () => {
+    await context.tracing.stop({ path: 'e2e/tracing/trace.zip' });
+    await app.close();
+  });
+});

e2e/playwright.config.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+/** @type {import('@playwright/test').PlaywrightTestConfig} */
+const config = {
+  testDir: '.',
+  timeout: 45000,
+  outputDir: './screenshots',
+  use: {
+    headless: false,
+    viewport: { width: 1280, height: 720 },
+    launchOptions: {
+      slowMo: 1000,
+    },
+    trace: 'on',
+  },
+  expect: {
+    toMatchSnapshot: { threshold: 0.2 },
+  },
+};
+
+module.exports = config;

e2e/tsconfig.e2e.json

@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
-{
+{
-  "extends": "../tsconfig.json",
+  "extends": "../tsconfig.json",
-  "compilerOptions": {
+  "compilerOptions": {
-    "outDir": "../out-tsc/e2e",
+    "outDir": "../out-tsc/e2e",
-    "module": "commonjs",
+    "module": "commonjs",
-    "types": [
+    "types": [
-      "mocha",
+      "node"
-      "node"
+    ]
-    ]
+  },
-  },
+  "include": [
-  "include": [
+    "**.spec.ts"
-    "**.ts"
+  ],
-  ]
+}
-}

package.json

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     "electron",
     "nodejs",
     "typescript",
-    "spectron",
+    "playwright",
     "eslint",
     "sass",
     "windows",
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@
     "electron:build": "npm run build:prod && electron-builder build --publish=never",
     "test": "ng test --watch=false",
     "test:watch": "ng test",
-    "e2e": "npm run build:prod && cross-env TS_NODE_PROJECT='e2e/tsconfig.e2e.json' mocha --timeout 300000 --require ts-node/register e2e/**/*.e2e.ts",
+    "e2e": "npm run build:prod && playwright test -c e2e/playwright.config.ts e2e/",
+    "e2e:show-trace": "playwright show-trace e2e/tracing/trace.zip",
     "version": "conventional-changelog -i CHANGELOG.md -s -r 0 && git add CHANGELOG.md",
     "lint": "ng lint"
   },
@@ -49,7 +50,6 @@
     "@angular/platform-browser": "12.1.2",
     "@angular/platform-browser-dynamic": "12.1.2",
     "@angular/router": "12.1.2",
-    "@electron/remote": "1.2.0",
     "rxjs": "~6.6.0",
     "tslib": "^2.1.0",
     "zone.js": "~0.11.4"
@@ -66,17 +66,15 @@
     "@angular/compiler-cli": "12.1.2",
     "@ngx-translate/core": "13.0.0",
     "@ngx-translate/http-loader": "6.0.0",
+    "@playwright/test": "1.16.3",
     "@types/jasmine": "3.8.1",
     "@types/jasminewd2": "2.0.10",
-    "@types/mocha": "8.2.3",
     "@types/node": "16.3.3",
     "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "4.28.3",
     "@typescript-eslint/parser": "4.28.3",
-    "chai": "4.3.4",
     "conventional-changelog-cli": "2.1.1",
-    "cross-env": "7.0.3",
+    "electron": "15.3.1",
-    "electron": "13.3.0",
+    "electron-builder": "22.13.1",
-    "electron-builder": "22.11.9",
     "electron-reload": "1.5.0",
     "eslint": "7.30.0",
     "eslint-plugin-import": "2.23.4",
@@ -89,10 +87,9 @@
     "karma-electron": "7.0.0",
     "karma-jasmine": "4.0.1",
     "karma-jasmine-html-reporter": "1.7.0",
-    "mocha": "9.0.2",
     "nan": "2.14.2",
     "npm-run-all": "4.1.5",
-    "spectron": "15.0.0",
+    "playwright": "1.16.3",
     "ts-node": "10.1.0",
     "typescript": "~4.2.0",
     "wait-on": "5.0.1",

src/app/core/services/electron/electron.service.ts

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
 // If you import a module but never use any of the imported values other than as TypeScript types,
 // the resulting javascript file will look as if you never imported the module at all.
 import { ipcRenderer, webFrame } from 'electron';
-import * as remote from '@electron/remote';
 import * as childProcess from 'child_process';
 import * as fs from 'fs';
 
@@ -13,7 +12,6 @@ import * as fs from 'fs';
 export class ElectronService {
   ipcRenderer: typeof ipcRenderer;
   webFrame: typeof webFrame;
-  remote: typeof remote;
   childProcess: typeof childProcess;
   fs: typeof fs;
 
@@ -30,10 +28,9 @@ export class ElectronService {
       this.childProcess = window.require('child_process');
       this.fs = window.require('fs');
 
-      // If you want to use a NodeJS 3rd party deps in Renderer process (like @electron/remote),
+      // If you want to use a NodeJS 3rd party deps in Renderer process,
-      // it must be declared in dependencies of both package.json (in root and app folders)
+      // ipcRenderer.invoke can serve many common use cases.
-      // If you want to use remote object in renderer process, please set enableRemoteModule to true in main.ts
+      // https://www.electronjs.org/docs/latest/api/ipc-renderer#ipcrendererinvokechannel-args
-      this.remote = window.require('@electron/remote');
     }
   }
 }

src/karma.conf.js

@@ -1,46 +1,45 @@
-// Karma configuration file, see link for more information
+// Karma configuration file, see link for more information
-// https://karma-runner.github.io/0.13/config/configuration-file.html
+// https://karma-runner.github.io/0.13/config/configuration-file.html
-
+
-module.exports = function (config) {
+module.exports = function (config) {
-  config.set({
+  config.set({
-    basePath: '',
+    basePath: '',
-    frameworks: ['jasmine', '@angular-devkit/build-angular'],
+    frameworks: ['jasmine', '@angular-devkit/build-angular'],
-    plugins: [
+    plugins: [
-      require('karma-jasmine'),
+      require('karma-jasmine'),
-      require('karma-electron'),
+      require('karma-electron'),
-      require('karma-jasmine-html-reporter'),
+      require('karma-jasmine-html-reporter'),
-      require('karma-coverage-istanbul-reporter'),
+      require('karma-coverage-istanbul-reporter'),
-      require('@angular-devkit/build-angular/plugins/karma')
+      require('@angular-devkit/build-angular/plugins/karma')
-    ],
+    ],
-    client:{
+    client:{
-      clearContext: false // leave Jasmine Spec Runner output visible in browser
+      clearContext: false // leave Jasmine Spec Runner output visible in browser
-    },
+    },
-    coverageIstanbulReporter: {
+    coverageIstanbulReporter: {
-      dir: require('path').join(__dirname, '../coverage'),
+      dir: require('path').join(__dirname, '../coverage'),
-      reports: [ 'html', 'lcovonly' ],
+      reports: [ 'html', 'lcovonly' ],
-      fixWebpackSourcePaths: true
+      fixWebpackSourcePaths: true
-    },
+    },
-    reporters: ['progress', 'kjhtml'],
+    reporters: ['progress', 'kjhtml'],
-    port: 9876,
+    port: 9876,
-    colors: true,
+    colors: true,
-    logLevel: config.LOG_INFO,
+    logLevel: config.LOG_INFO,
-    browsers: ['AngularElectron'],
+    browsers: ['AngularElectron'],
-    customLaunchers: {
+    customLaunchers: {
-      AngularElectron: {
+      AngularElectron: {
-        base: 'Electron',
+        base: 'Electron',
-        flags: [
+        flags: [
-          '--remote-debugging-port=9222'
+          '--remote-debugging-port=9222'
-        ],
+        ],
-        browserWindowOptions: {
+        browserWindowOptions: {
-          webPreferences: {
+          webPreferences: {
-            nodeIntegration: true,
+            nodeIntegration: true,
-            nodeIntegrationInSubFrames: true,
+            nodeIntegrationInSubFrames: true,
-            allowRunningInsecureContent: true,
+            allowRunningInsecureContent: true,
-            enableRemoteModule: true,
+            contextIsolation: false
-            contextIsolation: false
+          }
-          }
+        }
-        }
+      }
-      }
+    }
-    }
+  });
-  });
+};
-};

src/polyfills-test.ts

@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-import 'core-js/es/reflect';
+import 'zone.js';
-import 'zone.js';