@noomorph says:

Hm, WebdriverIO has something similar: https://webdriver.io/docs/repl/

Also this may come in handy:
https://www.npmjs.com/search?ranking=maintenance&q=keywords%3Arepl

Great write-up. Thanks @noomorph 😍

I am contemplating the idea of taking it a step further and enabling the taking into account of imported modules, for example - drivers, test ID's, test kits. That would provide a very holistic solution, but not sure whether feasible.

In order to support that, it would make more sense to introduce this feature as an IDE plugin that somehow utilizes test debugging, rather than an interactive shell.

Another closely related idea is to enter awaiting mode (Phase 1) and REPL (Phase 2) on test failure in local dev environment.

This time saver would help the test writers to interact with the elements and see what's wrong while staying on the last app screen – no need to restart the flow manually.

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