Nightwatch v2.0-alpha is Released

[beatfactor]

We're delighted to announce that the next major version of Nightwatch is available in NPM as an alpha pre-release. It contains a wide range of new features and improvements for writing and running tests as well as full cross-browser testing support for W3C WebDriver compliant browsers.

The underlying architecture has been completely reworked to use the official selenium-webdriver Node.js library in communicating with the browser drivers. This means better cross-browser integration, more reliable DOM element command handling, and overall more stable and faster tests.

The goal of the alpha release is to gather some feedback, identify, and fix major bugs while at the same time finalize the new APIs and also update the documentation. So it's quite important that you let us know of any major issues encountered so we can make the upgrade from v1.x as smooth as possible.

Read the full blog post and check out the release notes.

[BogdanStoenescu]

Hi Andrei,

I was switching iframe using ELEMENTID in Nightwatch 1.7.8 and now in Nightwatch 2.0 I cannot find ELEMENTID. Is it not anymore available? Or else, where it is?

await this.waitForElementVisible(iframe.selector).element(
'css selector',
iframe.selector,
async result => {

  await this.frame({ELEMENT: result.value.ELEMENT});
}

[ianmolynz2]

Hi Guys,

Just started using nightwatch with the Loadero performance testing toolset and very impressed. Really stable, robust and powerful visual scripting. Did you get the nightwatch name from Game of Thrones :) ?

[beatfactor]

Not quite, I started the project when I was working in Amsterdam and got the name from this: https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/SK-C-5. I haven't actually watched Game of Thrones.

Good to know you're finding it stable at Loadero. Are you using the v2 already or just the 1.7?

[ianmolynz2]

Hi Andrei, Thx for getting back. Still on 1.7 at this stage but keen to explore 2.0 Will be in AMS 26-29 October so if you are still local let me know. Kr Ian From: Andrei Rusu ***@***.***> Sent: 01 October 2021 13:23 To: nightwatchjs/nightwatch ***@***.***> Cc: ianmolynz2 ***@***.***>; Comment ***@***.***> Subject: Re: [nightwatchjs/nightwatch] Nightwatch v2.0-alpha is Released (Discussion #2889) Not quite, I started the project when I was working in Amsterdam and got the name from this: https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/SK-C-5<https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rijksmuseum.nl%2Fen%2Fcollection%2FSK-C-5&data=04%7C01%7C%7C10e21ae4f58740a58c9f08d984d6438f%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637686878051675189%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=DK%2BJyI%2FPB8rK2tel3U%2BzPKbG%2F6e3UBC8txYA5fVbB7I%3D&reserved=0>. I haven't actually watched Game of Thrones. Good to know you're finding it stable at Loadero. Are you using the v2 already or just the 1.7? - You are receiving this because you commented. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub<https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fnightwatchjs%2Fnightwatch%2Fdiscussions%2F2889%23discussioncomment-1414222&data=04%7C01%7C%7C10e21ae4f58740a58c9f08d984d6438f%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637686878051685180%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=bxBAC5gftbTc%2FBxX7yA2CSYipTwKTk9PXv%2FYA%2FQBjzA%3D&reserved=0>, or unsubscribe<https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fnotifications%2Funsubscribe-auth%2FAI7TIW5WYMHU4QWWMVNLT53UEWR3XANCNFSM5DUTSPOA&data=04%7C01%7C%7C10e21ae4f58740a58c9f08d984d6438f%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637686878051695177%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=%2BMDBCT%2FBGmSKJG2FbM7e14yilt5ElMqeVqzP30fl3P0%3D&reserved=0>. Triage notifications on the go with GitHub Mobile for iOS<https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapps.apple.com%2Fapp%2Fapple-store%2Fid1477376905%3Fct%3Dnotification-email%26mt%3D8%26pt%3D524675&data=04%7C01%7C%7C10e21ae4f58740a58c9f08d984d6438f%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637686878051695177%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=DDlaQ9ElSJdw%2B%2FZ6x9Sa10RUfGj14MXgzL1D1Mzph20%3D&reserved=0> or Android<https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fplay.google.com%2Fstore%2Fapps%2Fdetails%3Fid%3Dcom.github.android%26referrer%3Dutm_campaign%253Dnotification-email%2526utm_medium%253Demail%2526utm_source%253Dgithub&data=04%7C01%7C%7C10e21ae4f58740a58c9f08d984d6438f%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637686878051705166%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=P3axO6WtkPse8KUFKS7kTNN1Rxu5PIejfsZZx%2BxkO0Y%3D&reserved=0>.

[beatfactor]

Ok. I'm not in AMS anymore, I'm based in Oslo now. We have a new alpha (2.0.0-alpha.3) since yesterday with a few fixes and built-in Cucumber support so I'd encourage you to try that one. I'll post some release notes soon.

[yaobao1993]

The underlying architecture has been completely reworked to use the official selenium-webdriver Node.js library in communicating with the browser drivers. This means better cross-browser integration, more reliable DOM element command handling, and overall more stable and faster tests.

Hello, in v2, Nightwatch.js uses the official selenium-webdriver library. I'm wondering, what Nightwatch.js uses in v1? Would you mind sharing a more detailed description about this?

Tried reading blog posts and googling but seems no luck.

Thanks
Yao