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+// jshint esversion: 6
+// This file is for automated testing, it should probably not be invoked for any other purpose.
+// It will:
+// 1. npm install
+// 2. bower install
+// 3. launch the server
+// 4. run the tests on the machine
+const Spawn = require('child_process').spawn;
+
+const processes = [];
+
+const killAll = (cb) => {
+    processes.forEach((p) => { p.kill(); });
+    setTimeout(() => {
+        processes.forEach((p) => {
+            console.log("Process [" + p.command + "] did not end, using kill-9");
+            p.kill('SIGKILL');
+        });
+        cb();
+    }, 10);
+};
+const error = (msg) => {
+    killAll(() => {
+        throw new Error(msg);
+    });
+};
+
+const run = (cmd, args, cb) => {
+    const proc = Spawn(cmd, args);
+    processes.push(proc);
+    proc.procName = cmd + ' ' + args.join(' ');
+    console.log('>>' + proc.procName);
+    proc.stdout.on('data', (data) => { process.stdout.write(data); });
+    proc.stderr.on('data', (data) => { process.stderr.write(data); });
+    proc.on('close', (code) => {
+        const idx = processes.indexOf(proc);
+        if (idx === -1) {
+            error("process " + proc.procName + " disappeared from list");
+            return;
+        }
+        processes.splice(idx, 1);
+        if (code) {
+            error("Process [" + proc.procName + "] ended with " + code);
+        }
+        cb();
+    });
+};
+
+run('npm', ['install'], () => {
+    const nThen = require('nthen');
+    nThen((waitFor) => {
+        run('bower', ['install'], waitFor());
+    }).nThen((waitFor) => {
+        run('npm', ['run', 'fresh'], ()=>{});
+        run('node', ['./TestSelenium.js'], waitFor());
+    }).nThen((waitFor) => {
+        killAll();
+    });
+});
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