TestNG Setup

This is the process I used to setup TestNG for my automation framework:

Step1: Download latest JDK from here.

Step2: Set JAVA_HOME environment variable

1. You can set JAVA_Home either by using following command prompt:

C:\Program Files\(path to JDK folder)

2. Or you can do it thru environment variables like so:

                                i. Find out where Java is installed. If you didn't change the path during installation, it will be something like this:
C:\Program Files\Java\jdk(your version)




                              ii. In Windows 7 right click My Computer and select Properties >Advanced.
In Windows 8 go to Control Panel > System > Advanced System Settings.

In Windows 10 Type 'advanced system settings' in the search box (beside the Windows start button), click 'View advanced system settings'. The images below are for Win10.

                            iii.  Click the Environment Variables button.

                            iv.  Under System Variables, click New.

                              v.  In the Variable Name field, enter:JAVA_HOME

                            vi. In the Variable Value field, enter your JDK installation path.

                          vii.  If the path contains spaces, use the shortened path name, for example - C:\Progra~1\Java\(path to JDK)

Step3: Update PATH like so:

1. Either using the following command prompt:

%PATH%;%JAVA_HOME%\bin

2. Or by clicking on PATH variable and updating with (%JAVA_HOME%\bin) like so: 

                            i. Go to environment variables and click on the PATH variable under System settings

                              ii. Click 'New'

                            iii.  Add %JAVA_HOME%\bin

                            iv. Hit 'OK'

Step4: Download TestNG per instruction on this page.

Step5: Set TESTNG_HOME in environment variables. The process is same like setting JAVA_HOME above. The location has to point to the base directory location, where TestNG jar is stored on your machine.

Step6: Set CLASSPATH for TestNG jar like so:

1. Either using the following command prompt:

%CLASSPATH%;%TESTNG_HOME%\testng-(jar version).jar

2. Or using the same process explained above to set PATH variable for JAVA, except we will add the variable to CLASSPATH like so: 

%TESTNG_HOME%\testng-(jar version).jar

Step7: Once the setup is complete, we can verify TestNG setup like so:

1.      Create a TestNG_Workspace

2.      Create a java class file named ‘verifyTestNG’ like so:

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import org.testng.annotations.Test; import static org.testng.Assert.assertEquals; public class TestNGSimpleTest { @Test public void testAdd01() { String str = "TestNG is working fine"; assertEquals("TestNG is working fine", str); } }

3.      TestNG can be invoked by using any of the following 3 methods:

a. testng.xml

b. ANT

c. From command prompt

This is sample testng.xml file to invoke TestNG:

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE suite SYSTEM "http://testng.org/testng-1.0.dtd" > <suite name="testSuite1"> <test name="testName1"> <classes> <class name="testAdd01"/> <class name="testNGSampleTest02"/> </classes> </test> </suite>

To see ANT build process, click here.