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πŸ₯ž Super Pancake Automation Framework

A lightweight DOM-based UI automation framework using Chrome DevTools Protocol. Perfect for web testing, form automation, and UI validation.

πŸš€ Quick Start (NPM Package Usage)

Option 1: Create New Project (Recommended for New Users)

# Create a new automation project
npx super-pancake-automation@latest init my-automation-project

# Navigate to the project
cd my-automation-project

# Run tests
npm test

Option 2: Interactive Setup Wizard

# Interactive project setup
npx super-pancake-automation setup

Option 3: Quick UI Interface

# Launch interactive web UI
npx super-pancake-automation-ui

Option 4: Use in Existing Projects

# Install in existing project
npm install super-pancake-automation

# Import in your test files
import { 
  createTestEnvironment, 
  navigateTo, 
  getText,
  assertContainsText 
} from 'super-pancake-automation';

πŸ“‹ Available Commands

# Project Management
npx super-pancake-automation init <project-name>    # Create new project
npx super-pancake-automation setup                  # Interactive setup
npx super-pancake-automation-ui                     # Launch UI interface

# Testing & Diagnostics
npx super-pancake-automation browsers               # Check browser compatibility
npx super-pancake-automation check                  # Health check
npx super-pancake-automation --version              # Show version

🎯 Generated Project Structure

When you create a new project with npx super-pancake-automation init, you get:

my-automation-project/
β”œβ”€β”€ tests/
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ sample.test.js          # Basic UI functionality test
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ ui-website.test.js      # Website UI test
β”‚   └── api.test.js            # API testing examples
β”œβ”€β”€ screenshots/                # Auto-generated screenshots
β”œβ”€β”€ super-pancake.config.js    # Configuration file
β”œβ”€β”€ package.json               # Project dependencies
└── README.md                  # Project documentation

πŸ§ͺ Running Tests in Generated Projects

# Run all tests
npm test

# Run with visible browser (for debugging)
npm run test:headed

# Run with UI interface
npm run test:ui

# Run specific test files
npm test tests/sample.test.js

πŸ”§ Configuration

Edit super-pancake.config.js in your generated project:

export default {
  headless: true,              // Browser mode
  port: 9222,                  // Chrome DevTools port
  screenshots: {
    enabled: true,             // Enable screenshots
    onFailure: true,           // Capture on test failure
    directory: './screenshots' // Screenshot directory
  },
  execution: {
    sequential: true,          // Prevent Chrome port conflicts
    timeout: 30000             // Test timeout
  }
};

πŸ“Έ Features

  • βœ… Sequential Test Execution - Prevents Chrome port conflicts
  • 🎯 Chrome DevTools Protocol - Fast and reliable browser automation
  • πŸ“Έ Automatic Screenshots - Capture on success and failure
  • πŸ“Š HTML Test Reports - Beautiful, detailed test reports
  • πŸ” Advanced Element Selection - CSS, XPath, and custom selectors
  • πŸš€ Custom Test Runner - Optimized for UI automation
  • 🎨 Interactive UI - Visual test runner interface
  • πŸ”§ Environment Variables - Flexible configuration

πŸ“š Examples

Basic UI Test

import { describe, it, beforeAll, afterAll } from 'vitest';
import {
  createTestEnvironment,
  cleanupTestEnvironment,
  enableDOM,
  navigateTo,
  getText,
  assertContainsText
} from 'super-pancake-automation';

describe('Website UI Tests', () => {
  let testEnv;

  beforeAll(async () => {
    testEnv = await createTestEnvironment({ headed: false });
    await enableDOM();
  });

  afterAll(async () => {
    await cleanupTestEnvironment(testEnv);
  });

  it('should load homepage and verify content', async () => {
    await navigateTo('https://example.com');
    const title = await getText('h1');
    assertContainsText(title, 'Welcome');
  });
});

Form Automation

it('should fill and submit a form', async () => {
  await navigateTo('https://example.com/form');
  
  await fillInput('#name', 'John Doe');
  await fillInput('#email', 'john@example.com');
  await clickButton('#submit');
  
  await waitForSelector('.success-message');
  const message = await getText('.success-message');
  assertContainsText(message, 'Form submitted successfully');
});

πŸ› οΈ Development

For contributors and developers:

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/pradapjackie/super-pancake.git
cd super-pancake

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Run tests
npm test

# Run with UI
npm run test:ui

πŸ“– Documentation

🀝 Contributing

We welcome contributions! Please see our Contributing Guide for details.

πŸ“„ License

MIT License - see LICENSE file for details.

πŸ†˜ Support


Happy Testing! πŸ₯žβœ¨

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