refactor: drop TestCafe/Protractor/Nightmare branches

CodeceptJS 4.x ships only Playwright, Puppeteer, WebDriver and Appium as
browser helpers — TestCafe, Protractor, and Nightmare were removed in the
3.x → 4.x cut. Strip the dead branches from every hook plus README and tests.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

Author: DavertMik

README.md

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Better to see once.
 
 ### setHeadlessWhen
 
-Toggle headless mode for Puppeteer, WebDriver, TestCafe and Playwright on condition.
+Toggle headless mode for Puppeteer, WebDriver and Playwright on condition.
 
 Usage:
 
@@ -37,14 +37,14 @@ setHeadlessWhen(process.env.HEADLESS);
 exports.config = {
   helpers: {
     // standard config goes here
-    WebDriver: {} 
+    WebDriver: {}
     // or Puppeteer
-    // or TestCafe
+    // or Playwright
   }
 }
 ```
 
-* For Puppeteer, TestCafe, Playwright: it enables `show: true`.
+* For Puppeteer, Playwright: it enables `show: true`.
 * For WebDriver with Chrome or Firefox browser: it adds `--headless` option to chrome/firefox options inside `desiredCapabilities`.
 
 ### setHeadedWhen
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ exports.config = {
       // standard config goes here      
     },
     // or Puppeteer
-    // or TestCafe,
+    // or Playwright,
     REST: {
       // standard config goes here      
       // onRequest: <= will be set by hook
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ exports.config = {
 
 ### setBrowser
 
-Changes browser in config for Playwright, Puppeteer, WebDriver & TestCafe:
+Changes browser in config for Playwright, Puppeteer and WebDriver:
 
 ```js
 import { setBrowser } from '@codeceptjs/configure'
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ setBrowserConfig({
 
 ### setTestHost
 
-Changes url in config for Playwright, Puppeteer, WebDriver & TestCafe:
+Changes url in config for Playwright, Puppeteer, WebDriver and Appium:
 
 ```js
 import { setTestHost } from '@codeceptjs/configure'
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ Good ideas for config hooks:
 
 * Setting the same window size for all browser helpers.
 * Configuring `run-multiple`
-* Changing browser in WebDriver or Protractor depending on environment variable.
+* Changing browser in WebDriver depending on environment variable.
 
 To create a custom hook follow this rules.
 

hooks/setBrowser.js

@@ -13,16 +13,9 @@ export default function (browser) {
       checkAllowedBrowser('Playwright', ['chromium', 'webkit', 'firefox'])
       cfg.helpers.Playwright.browser = browser
     }
-    if (cfg.helpers.TestCafe) {
-      checkAllowedBrowser('TestCafe', ['chromium', 'chrome', 'chrome-canary', 'ie', 'edge', 'firefox', 'opera', 'safari'])
-      cfg.helpers.TestCafe.browser = browser
-    }
     if (cfg.helpers.WebDriver) {
       cfg.helpers.WebDriver.browser = browser
     }
-    if (cfg.helpers.Protractor) {
-      cfg.helpers.Protractor.browser = browser
-    }
   })
 
   function checkAllowedBrowser(engine, values = []) {

hooks/setBrowserConfig.js

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import setWindowSize from './setWindowSize.js'
 import setHeadedWhen from './setHeadedWhen.js'
 import setHeadlessWhen from './setHeadlessWhen.js'
 
-const BROWSER_HELPERS = ['Playwright', 'Puppeteer', 'WebDriver', 'Appium', 'TestCafe', 'Protractor', 'Nightmare']
+const BROWSER_HELPERS = ['Playwright', 'Puppeteer', 'WebDriver', 'Appium']
 
 /**
  * Apply a bag of browser helper overrides in a single call. Dispatches the

hooks/setHeadedWhen.js

@@ -11,12 +11,6 @@ export default function (when) {
     if (cfg.helpers.Playwright) {
       cfg.helpers.Playwright.show = true
     }
-    if (cfg.helpers.Nightmare) {
-      cfg.helpers.Nightmare.show = true
-    }
-    if (cfg.helpers.TestCafe) {
-      cfg.helpers.TestCafe.show = true
-    }
     if (cfg.helpers.WebDriver) {
       if (cfg.helpers.WebDriver.browser === 'chrome') {
         if (

hooks/setHeadlessWhen.js

@@ -12,12 +12,6 @@ export default function (when) {
     if (cfg.helpers.Playwright) {
       cfg.helpers.Playwright.show = false
     }
-    if (cfg.helpers.Nightmare) {
-      cfg.helpers.Nightmare.show = false
-    }
-    if (cfg.helpers.TestCafe) {
-      cfg.helpers.TestCafe.show = false
-    }
     if (cfg.helpers.WebDriver) {
       if (cfg.helpers.WebDriver.browser === 'chrome') {
         cfg.helpers.WebDriver.desiredCapabilities = merge(

hooks/setSharedCookies.js

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { container, config, event, output } from '../codeceptjs.js'
 
-const browserHelpers = ['WebDriver', 'Protractor', 'Playwright', 'Puppeteer', 'TestCafe', 'Nightmare']
+const browserHelpers = ['WebDriver', 'Playwright', 'Puppeteer']
 
 export default function () {
   config.addHook(cfg => {

hooks/setTestHost.js

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { config } from '../codeceptjs.js'
 
-const supportedHelpers = ['Playwright', 'WebDriver', 'Puppeteer', 'Appium', 'TestCafe', 'Protractor', 'Nightmare']
+const supportedHelpers = ['Playwright', 'WebDriver', 'Puppeteer', 'Appium']
 
 export default function (url) {
   config.addHook(cfg => {

hooks/setWindowSize.js

@@ -26,15 +26,6 @@ export default function (width, height) {
       cfg.helpers.Playwright.windowSize = `${width}x${height}`
     }
 
-    if (cfg.helpers.Protractor) {
-      cfg.helpers.Protractor.windowSize = `${width}x${height}`
-    }
-    if (cfg.helpers.Nightmare) {
-      cfg.helpers.Nightmare.windowSize = `${width}x${height}`
-    }
-    if (cfg.helpers.TestCafe) {
-      cfg.helpers.TestCafe.windowSize = `${width}x${height}`
-    }
     if (cfg.helpers.WebDriver) {
       cfg.helpers.WebDriver.windowSize = `${width}x${height}`
     }

test/index.test.js

@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ describe('Hooks tests', () => {
   })
 
   describe('#setWindowSize', () => {
-    for (const helper of ['Protractor', 'TestCafe', 'Nightmare', 'WebDriver', 'Puppeteer', 'Playwright']) {
+    for (const helper of ['WebDriver', 'Puppeteer', 'Playwright']) {
       test('should set window size for ' + helper, () => {
         Config.reset()
         const config = { helpers: {} }
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ describe('Hooks tests', () => {
   })
 
   describe('#setBrowser', () => {
-    for (const helper of ['Protractor', 'TestCafe', 'WebDriver', 'Playwright']) {
+    for (const helper of ['WebDriver', 'Playwright']) {
       test('should set browser to firefox for ' + helper, () => {
         Config.reset()
         const config = { helpers: {} }
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ describe('Hooks tests', () => {
   })
 
   describe('#setTestHost', () => {
-    for (const helper of ['Protractor', 'TestCafe', 'WebDriver', 'Playwright', 'Puppeteer']) {
+    for (const helper of ['WebDriver', 'Playwright', 'Puppeteer', 'Appium']) {
       test('should set url for ' + helper, () => {
         Config.reset()
         const config = { helpers: {} }