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How to Stand Up a Geb Sample Application On a CI Server(Continuous Integration) Linux This guide will show you step-by-step how to setup a simple Geb app to get started using the automated testing framework. This guide is intended for setting up automated browser tests on a Linux continuous integration server that is command line only with no UI enabled. This guide focuses on using a headless browser for testing. If you are trying to setup Geb on Windows instead please use the following link: Setup Geb on Windows Pull a copy of the Geb Sample App  First, pull the Geb sample application from Github: https://github.com/geb/geb-example-grails HTTPS Clone URL: https://github.com/geb/geb-example-grails.git Add the GhostDriver library to your grails app Add the following line to your BuildConfig.groovy: 58 58 // You usually only need one of these, but this project uses both 59 59 test "org.gebish:geb-spock:$gebVe...

Geb Configuration Tips Setting up parameterized form fields Place the GebConfig.groovy in your test/functional  folder Then you add a block of code similar to the following: //Values for form fields formFields { //Guest donate to a Non-profit Flow: Form field parameters form1 { field1 = "value1" field2 = "value2" } } Then you can reference those form fields in your functional tests that extend GebReportingTest like so: String searchValueParam = browser . config . rawConfig . formFields . form1 . field1 This way you can have custom fields for each form for each functional test. Custom baseUrl You can set a custom baseUrl as a VM parameter using the following 1 -Dgeb.build.baseUrl= http://localhost:8080/app/ This will be the base URL that your pages build their static url off.  For instance your home page object with the static url static url = /home/ Will resolve to h...

How to Stand Up a Geb Sample Application in Windows This guide will show you step-by-step how to setup a simple Geb app to get started using the automated testing framework.  This guide focuses on using the Chrome browser for testing.  Please update chrome to the most recent version available because chromedriver only works with versions  12.0.712.0  and higher. If you are trying to setup geb on Linux please use the following link instead: Setting up geb on linux Pull a copy of the Geb Sample App  First, pull the Geb sample application from Github: https://github.com/geb/geb-example-grails HTTPS Clone URL: https://github.com/geb/geb-example-grails.git Ensure you have Chrome.exe installed in the expected location OS Expected Location of Chrome executable  Linux /usr/bin/google-chrome 1 Mac /Applications/Google\ Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google\ Chrome Windows XP %HOMEPATH%\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\A...

Fixing the Git Error:  The Current Branch is not Configured for Pull Are you trying to perform a git pull from a remote git repo within Eclipse?  Does the pull request work for your master branch but not on other branches? Are you seeing an error message like below: The current branch is not configured for pull No value for key branch.develop.merge found in configuration Or an error message such as the following: The current branch is not configured for pull No value for key remote.origin.url found in configuration Error message trying to pull from a remote git branch Most likely, you created the branch locally and you haven't set the merge section of that branch and/or your local branch is not tracking the remote branch.  The problem lies in your git local configuration. There are many ways to fix this but the most straightforward for me is the following: Open up your Git Bash: Open your git bash from the Start Menu ...