v1.5.0 introducing $control.exec(), script timeout alignment, an async "waitFor" queue and more

[vobu]

v1.5.0 is out, containing 3 features and some important dev-time changes.

$control.exec()

@philippthiele contributed the exec() method. It allows coding logic in Node.js-scope to run in the browser-scope 🤯

const list = await browser.asControl(listSelector)
const result = list.exec( () => {
  return {
        // from here...
        listTitle: this.getHeaderText(),
        listEntries: this.getItems().map((item) => item.getTitle())
        // ... to here runs in the browser-scope! 🕸️ 
  }
})

This makes complex browser-side operations on a control in wdi5 tests possible w/o piling up time penalties of constant roundtrips between the Node- and browser-scope!

Think of it as your hyperspace shortcut to reach through to the browser when coding wdi5 😆

More in the 📝 → https://ui5-community.github.io/wdi5/#/usage?id=exec

script timeout alignment

When configuring a custom UI5 timeout (https://ui5-community.github.io/wdi5/#/configuration?id=waitforui5timeout), the corresponding setting is automatically applied to all browser script timeouts in WebdriverIO in general (https://webdriver.io/docs/timeouts/#session-script-timeout)

No need to manually align these settings anymore in tests!

async waitFor queue

Another excellent contribution by @philippthiele: under the hood, wdi5 now maintains an async waitFor queue for doing Node-browser-roundtrips.
This will hopefully prevent the random appearances of "waitAsync is already running" errors 🐛🔫

Node 16 is the new default

With Node 14 having reached "end of life" (2023-04-30, https://nodejs.dev/en/about/releases/), we dropped it officially from wdi5, defaulting to Node 16.

first step towards testing at scale

We moved all Authentication (https://ui5-community.github.io/wdi5/#/authentication)-related tests to BrowserStack to assert the functionality across OS and browsers.
Next step: run the entire 200+ tests regularly across all major desktop- and mobile-OS and -browser 📈 !