Improve UI test suite

- Upgraded `chromedriver` to latest compatible version according to chrome version.
- Upgraded peer webdriver dependencies.
- Reduced "noise" in test cases (removed unneeded logging, and deprecation warnings).
- Skip `cpp-change-build-config.ui-spec.ts` test case since it no longer works properly.

Signed-off-by: Vincent Fugnitto <vincent.fugnitto@ericsson.com>

examples/browser/test/cpp/cpp-change-build-config.ui-spec.ts

@@ -125,7 +125,9 @@ function changeBuildConfig(name: string, driver: WebdriverIO.Client<void>) {
 }
 
 describe('cpp extension', function () {
-    it('should be able to change build config', function () {
+    // skip the cpp tests for the moment since they are broken
+    // and currently do not work properly on AppVeyor.
+    it.skip('should be able to change build config', function () {
         if (!hasClangd()) {
             this.skip();
             return;

examples/browser/wdio.base.conf.js

@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ function makeConfig(headless) {
         sync: true,
         //
         // Level of logging verbosity: silent | verbose | command | data | result | error
-        logLevel: 'result',
+        logLevel: 'error',
         //
         // Enables colors for log output.
         coloredLogs: true,
@@ -103,6 +103,9 @@ function makeConfig(headless) {
         // Saves a screenshot to a given path if a command fails.
         screenshotPath: './errorShots/',
         //
+        // Dismiss deprecation warning messages when running tests.
+        deprecationWarnings: false,
+        //
         // Set a base URL in order to shorten url command calls. If your url parameter starts
         // with "/", then the base url gets prepended.
         baseUrl: `http://${host}:${port}`,
@@ -145,14 +148,14 @@ function makeConfig(headless) {
             javaArgs: ["-Xmx1024m", "-Djna.nosys=true"],
             drivers: {
                 chrome: {
-                    version: '2.33'
+                    version: '2.35'
                 }
             }
         },
         seleniumInstallArgs: {
             drivers: {
                 chrome: {
-                    version: '2.33'
+                    version: '2.35'
                 }
             }
         },

package.json

@@ -39,10 +39,10 @@
     "typedoc": "^0.13.0",
     "typescript": "^3.1.3",
     "uuid": "^3.1.0",
-    "wdio-mocha-framework": "0.5.9",
-    "wdio-selenium-standalone-service": "0.0.8",
-    "wdio-spec-reporter": "0.1.0",
-    "webdriverio": "4.9.2"
+    "wdio-mocha-framework": "0.5.13",
+    "wdio-selenium-standalone-service": "0.0.12",
+    "wdio-spec-reporter": "0.1.5",
+    "webdriverio": "4.14.1"
   },
   "scripts": {
     "prepare": "yarn prepare:travis && yarn rebuild:clean && yarn build:clean && yarn prepare:hoisting",