This demo is based on a fictional application called "Solar System Explorer" and demonstrates the use of Robot Framework and Playwright for UI test automation in Mendix applications.
- Python 3.8 or newer is supported.
- NodeJS 18 and 20 LTS versions are supported.
- Mendix 10.6.2 (tested) or newer (untested) are supported.
- VSCode + extention for VSCode Robot Framework Language server.
- Install node.js e.g. from https://nodejs.org/en/download/
- Update pip
pip install -U pipto ensure latest version is used - Install robotframework-browser from the commandline:
pip install robotframework-browser - Install the node dependencies: run
rfbrowser initin your shell- If rfbrowser is not found, try python -m Browser.entry init Check if Robotframework is working: https://github.com/MarketSquare/robotframework-browser?tab=readme-ov-file#testing-with-robot-framework
Ensure the Mendix application is running on localhost:8080 with the default Settings configuration. This will automatically create TestUsers using the custom Administration module included in the application.
The default credentials for these test users are:
| Username | Password |
|---|---|
| TestUser_Astronaut | DevOps2024! |
| TestUser_Q | DevOps2024! |
| TestUser_SysAdmin | DevOps2024! |
| MxAdmin | 1 |
All workshop exercises are found in the .robotfiles in the ./tests/suites folder relative to the root directory of the repository.
- Each test run creates a Session in the Mendix application. When ran locally, Mendix applications only have a limited set of Sessions available for use. Sessions of users who are not logged in are automatically deleted by the application in this workshop, however sessions of logged-in users can only be deleted manually from the session management page available to MxAdmin.