Beginners Spot - Setup Maven in Test Automation environment

1)  Install Maven  (Windows)

  - Download from maven website and unzip the file.

  - Set MAVEN_HOME -  <base dire>\apache-maven-3.8.6

  - Add to path -  <base dire>\apache-maven-3.8.6\bin

2) Test the installation

 - Open cmd and type mvn --version

 - Should return maven home, version etc.

3) Create a maven project in Eclipse ( You can use maven-quickstart-archetype)

4) Integrate to Eclipse

 - Apply Maven Surefire plugin to Eclipse.

 -  Go to Maven Surefire plugin page >Usage (https://maven.apache.org/surefire/maven-surefire-plugin/usage.html)

 - Copy the plugin management snippet and paste in the pom.xml in your eclipse project.

1. <build>
2. <pluginManagement>
3. <plugins>
4. <plugin>
5. <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
6. <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
7. <version>3.0.0-M7</version>
8. </plugin>
9. </plugins>
10. </pluginManagement>
11. </build>

Paste this above your dependencies section in the pom.xml.

 - now you can run mvn clean, mvn test commands.

5) Integrate TestNG

 - We need to add an additional configuration to the plugins section in the pom.xml

 - Go to https://maven.apache.org/surefire/maven-surefire-plugin/examples/testng.html

1. <configuration>
2. <suiteXmlFiles>
3. <suiteXmlFile>testng.xml</suiteXmlFile>
4. </suiteXmlFiles>
5. </configuration>

- Also you need to add the TestNG dependency to the pom.xml, if its not already added.