Environment Setup

In this chapter we will set up the environment for working with TestNG. Let's go step by step.

For command line execution

Step 1 : Installing and setting up Java environment

TestNG is a framework for java, hence you must have JDK installed in your system before starting with testng configuration.

You must have JDK 1.7 or above.

To verify java installation in your system, run the following command.

java -version

If you don't have java installed in your system, you can follow this blog link for installation and configuration of java.

Step 2 : Setting up Maven environment

To setup maven environment you can follow this blog link How to setup maven environment.

Step 3 : TestNG project setup

Go to the project created in previous step and open the POM file and remove the dependency for JUnit or add the dependency for TestNG.

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<dependency>
    <groupId>org.testng</groupId>
    <artifactId>testng</artifactId>
    <version>7.8.0</version>
    <scope>test</scope>
</dependency>

Now lets add TestNG test by changing the code in AppTest.java in the following project path.

testng-test/src/test/java/com/example/testngtest/AppTest.java

Update the file with the following code.

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package com.example.testngtest;

import org.testng.annotations.Test;
import org.testng.Assert;

public class AppTest 
{
	@Test
	public void testHelloMethod() {
	  String helloString = "Hello TestNG";
	  Assert.assertEquals("Hello TestNG", helloString);
	}
}

Step 4 : Run tests

After making the above update, change directory to the project directory and run the mvn test command.


cd testng-test

mvn test

If you are able to see the following at the end of the console log, You have successfully configured TestNG.

 [INFO] Tests run: 1, Failures: 0, Errors: 0, Skipped: 0


[INFO] BUILD SUCCESS

Note: Sometimes you see Compilation failure. To fix this issue, you need to change the target and source properties to the java version installed in your system.

For IntelliJ IDEA

TestNG environment setup for IntelliJ IDEA is quite straight forward. You can follow below steps:-

Download and install IntelliJ IDEA. Community version is more than enough.
Create new project
Under Generators, select Maven Archeteype
Enter name of project
Select project location
Select JDK : Leave as default
Select Catalog : Leave as default
Select Archetype: maven-archetype-quickstart
Click on Create

Once the project is created open the POM file and remove the dependency for JUnit or add the dependency for TestNG.

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<dependency>
    <groupId>org.testng</groupId>
    <artifactId>testng</artifactId>
    <version>7.8.0</version>
    <scope>test</scope>
</dependency>

After making the above update on pom.xml reload the maven dependencies by pressing CTRL + SHIFT + A in windows or COMMAND + SHIFT + A on Mac.

Now lets add TestNG test by changing the code in AppTest.java in the project.

Update the file with the following code.

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import org.testng.annotations.Test;
import org.testng.Assert;

public class AppTest 
{
	@Test
	public void testHelloMethod() {
	  String helloString = "Hello TestNG";
	  Assert.assertEquals("Hello TestNG", helloString);
	}
}

Now right click on testAdd() method or anywhere on the AppTest.java file and click on Run.

If you see the following result, you have successfully configured TestNG on IntelliJ IDEA.


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Default Suite

Total tests run: 1, Passes: 1, Failures: 0, Skips: 0

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For Eclipse

To setup TestNG environment on Eclipse you can follow below steps:-

Open eclipse
Click on Help Menu > Eclipse Marketplace
Type testng in find textbox and click on Go
You may see TestNG for Eclipse
Click on Install
It will ask for Confirm Selected Features
Click on Confirm
This will take bit time to install depending on your internet speed.

Once the plugin is installed, create a new maven project. The steps to create the project is as follows:-

Click on File menu > New > Others
Select Maven Project from Wizard
Click on Next
Click on maven-archetype-quickstart and click on Next
Enter the following for Archtype parameters
- groupId : com.example.simpletest
- artifactId : simpletest
- version : 1.0.0
- package : com.example.simpletest
Click on Finish

With the above steps you have successfully created the maven project. Now we need to add the POM dependencies. For that open pom.xml and add the following.

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<dependency>
    <groupId>org.testng</groupId>
    <artifactId>testng</artifactId>
    <version>7.8.0</version>
    <scope>test</scope>
</dependency>

Now add a java file AppTest.java under src/tests and update the file with following code.

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import org.testng.annotations.Test;
import org.testng.Assert;

public class AppTest 
{
	@Test
	public void testHelloMethod() {
	  String helloString = "Hello TestNG";
	  Assert.assertEquals("Hello TestNG", helloString);
	}
}

Now right click on testAdd() method or anywhere on the AppTest.java file and click on Run As > and click on TestNG Test.

If you see the following result, you have successfully configured TestNG on Eclipse.


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Default Suite

Total tests run: 1, Passes: 1, Failures: 0, Skips: 0

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