I am trying to write the following Protractor test in CoffeeScript:

describe "tests", ->

  browser.get "/"

  it "should display Login page", ->
    expect(element(by.css("h1")).getText()).toBe "Login"

However, CoffeeScript spits out this error:

SyntaxError: unexpected by

Solutions?

I am trying to write the following Protractor test in CoffeeScript:

describe "tests", ->

  browser.get "/"

  it "should display Login page", ->
    expect(element(by.css("h1")).getText()).toBe "Login"

However, CoffeeScript spits out this error:

SyntaxError: unexpected by

Solutions?

• javascript
• angularjs
• coffeescript
• jasmine
• protractor

2 Answers 2

Like @meagar said it is reserved, you can alias it in your protractor config in the onPrepare block:

require('coffee-script/register');

exports.config = {
  ....

  // by is reserved in coffee script
  onPrepare: function() {
    global.By = global.by;
  }
}

then

expect(element(By.css("h1")).getText()).toBe "Login"

by is a reserved word in CoffeeScript, used in specifying loop increments:

evens = (x for x in [0..10] by 2)

Use a different variable name.