Can protractor be made to run slowly?

Question

Is there a way to run a Angular E2E test written using protractor slowly so that I can watch what is happening?

Answer 1

You can enter in 'debug mode' by placing in your code the command:

browser.pause();

In the debug mode, you would see the following output in your terminal:

------- WebDriver Debugger -------
ready

press c to continue to the next webdriver command
press d to continue to the next debugger statement
type "repl" to enter interactive mode
type "exit" to break out of interactive mode
press ^C to exit

You could then:

• Run command by command by entering c
• Continue to the next debugger statement (next browser.pause()) by entering d
• Enter in interactive mode where you could interact with all the elements by entering repl