I have tried to looked up for similar QA's but i couldn't find one to satisfy me.
So basically i saw that in some examples it's used
ptor = protractor.getInstance();
ptor.get(url);
And in some other examples it's used.
browser.get(url);
So th question is: What's the difference using protractor instance and browser for getting specific url?
Also if my assumption in the P.S. is right, which is better practice: to use only protractor, or to mix them?
P.S. Also i saw same difference in usage with the debugger.
I know that protractor is a wrapper over web driver and i assume that protractor.getInstance().get(url) is a implicit invocatin of browser.get(url).
browser is the new, preferred syntax. browser
is the same as protractor.getInstance()
.
A few versions ago a new syntax was introduced. The major changes were:
browser
is a protractor instance
element(locator)
is the new syntax for ptor.findElement(locator)
by[strategy]
is the new syntax for protractor.By.[strategy]
Here is the new documentation: http://angular.github.io/protractor/#/api
You could in the protractor source code that the browser and the protractor singleton instance are the same object.
var browser = protractor.wrapDriver(
driver,
config.baseUrl,
config.rootElement);
browser.params = config.params;
protractor.setInstance(browser);
You could also verified that assertion in one your test :
describe('My page', function() {
it('should display something', function() {
console.log('test ' + (protractor.getInstance() === browser));
...
});
});
My preference is to always use the protractor singleton instance. But i think there isn't any inconvenient to use the instance browser or both.