[Buildbot] #3452: [AngularJS Project] Add E2E tests

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#3452: [AngularJS Project] Add E2E tests
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Reporter:  dustin        |       Owner:
    Type:  project-idea  |      Status:  new
Priority:  major         |   Milestone:  0.9.+
 Version:                |  Resolution:
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Description changed by tardyp:

Old description:

> We need some capability to run end-to-end tests of the AngularJS frontend
> to avoid UI regressions and other issues that are not obvious in unit
> tests.
>
> This should be done as much as possible in the "normal" node / AngularJS
> mode, so perhaps with mocha-phantomjs or even selenium.  The idea should
> be to hook up the tests in the metabuildbot, and allow motivated
> developers to run them manually, but they need not be as easy to run as
> 'trial buildbot.test'.

New description:

 We need some capability to run end-to-end tests of the AngularJS frontend
 to avoid UI regressions and other issues that are not obvious in unit
 tests.

 This should be done with the normal angularJS methodology, with
 protractor:
 https://docs.angularjs.org/guide/e2e-testing

 What is necessary for e2e tests is:

 - create a real buildbot master with a real configuration, which contains
 configuration for major use cases involving the UI. e.g force schedulers,
 authentication, etc

 - Have protractor scenarios which acts like a user would, and verify that
 the UI behaves as expected.

 - User authenticates in the UI
 - User go to the list of builds for a builder
 - User click on the forcescheduler button
 - User adds some input in the modal dialog
 - build is started, and there are updates in the UI

 The idea should be to hook up the tests in the metabuildbot, and allow
 motivated developers to run them manually, but they need not be as easy to
 run as 'trial buildbot.test'.

 Documentation on what are the steps to run that (probably easiest is to
 setup the deps in a dockerfile)

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