Merge pull request #765 from nhsuk/add-concurrently-to-project

added packages to allow concurrent processes for backstop
nhsuk · Aug 17, 2021 · 76e801c · 76e801c
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diff --git a/docs/contributing/automated-testing.md b/docs/contributing/automated-testing.md
@@ -35,13 +35,13 @@ Docker is installed on the continuous integration service automatically but if y
 
 #### Run tests
 
-Before you run the BackstopJS tests, you must have the application running locally with `npm start`.
-
 ```
 npm run backstop:test
 ```
 
-Each time that a test is run locally a new set of bitmaps will be created in `tests/backstop/<timestamp>/`
+This will start the application and run the tests concurrently.
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+Each time that a test is run locally a new set of bitmaps will be created in `tests/backstop/<timestamp>/`.
 
 Once the test bitmaps are generated, a report comparing the most recent test bitmaps against the current reference bitmaps will display.