Run angular end-to-end tests in watch mode

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Currently, I run ng e2e every time I make a change in my spec files and every time this command rebuilds the entire project ! is there a way to run the tests without rebuilding the entire project, just like ng test does it.

score 5 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 15 '19 at 18:47

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Just don't run ng e2e directly. It's very slow because it rebuild the whole project every time.

You can try npx protractor e2e/protractor.conf.js to run protractor directly.

answered Nov 15 '19 at 18:47

Will Huang

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the fastest workflow I've got was this `npx protractor ...` + vscode's rerun task keyboard shortcut. – armoucar Feb 18 '20 at 01:23

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 17 '20 at 14:10

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Remove

devServerTarget

from angular.json e2e section.

This way angular won't run ng serve when running the end to end. You will have to have them running in a separate terminal.

Protractor won't re-run on file change.

answered Jan 17 '20 at 14:10

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score -1 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 07 '18 at 01:04

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I believe you can do it yourself with a bit of set up by leveraging the powers of Gulp. Just came across this while watching some slides:

http://ramonvictor.github.io/protractor/slides/#/53

answered Aug 07 '18 at 01:04

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Run angular end-to-end tests in watch mode

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