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Amir Rustamzadeh
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I like my tests, like I like my friends, flake-free and reliable
Cypress end-to-end testing talk given at JS Conf US in Carlsbad, CA.
Amir Rustamzadeh
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I like my tests, like I like my friends, flake-free
and reliable Amir Rustamzadeh @amirrustam JS Conf ! 2018
Sr. Software Engineer @amirrustam Amir Rustamzadeh
[email protected]
E2E Integration Unit Visit The Testing Pyramid @amirrustam
E2E Integration Unit Visit The Testing Pyramid Easy, developers really
like to write these. @amirrustam
E2E Integration Unit Visit The Testing Pyramid Easy, developers really
like to write these. More Difficult, costly, slower… Often completely ignored @amirrustam
E2E Integration Unit Visit The Testing Pyramid Best for users
& business @amirrustam
Renaissance of the Web 2005 2006 2014 2013 @amirrustam
Renaissance of the Web 2005 2006 2014 2013 More complexity
moved from backend to frontend. @amirrustam
2005 2006 2014 2013 Renaissance of the Web + Testing
Automation 2004 @amirrustam
Selenium Architecture Selenium Server Drivers Tests Python Javascript Java @amirrustam
Selenium Architecture Selenium Server Drivers Tests Python Javascript Java ⚠
Classical Syncing Dilemma @amirrustam
Selenium Architecture Flakiness Non-deterministic @amirrustam
✋ JSDOM or DOM Emulation JSDOM is not a real
browser. Your users don’t run your app with JSDOM. One of the primary reasons for E2E is to simulate real user actions. @amirrustam
Don’t let your users be your first E2E test. @amirrustam
Stateless Stateful @amirrustam
Fast, easy and reliable testing for anything that runs in
a browser. Free. Open Source. MIT License @amirrustam
$ npm install -D cypress ☝ All-in-one tool You get
everything you need ❤ Familiar tools underneath Mocha, Chia, Sinon @amirrustam
Lets see it in action…. @amirrustam https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress-example-todomvc
Cypress Architecture Browser Cypress Test Runner Your App @amirrustam
⚡ Native-access to the DOM and your app.
- Fast Test Runs @amirrustam
⏳ Automatic Waiting @amirrustam
Debuggability @amirrustam
Realtime Reloading @amirrustam
Flake-free, consistent, and reliable. @amirrustam
How are commands executed? 1 2 3 @amirrustam
⚙ Component Testing cypress-react-unit-testing vue angular angularjs hyper-app svelte cycle
@amirrustam https:!//github.com/bahmutov/cypress-vue-unit-test#test-adapters-for-other-frameworks
3 cypress open Great for everyday development workflow Cypress +
Editor Side-by-Side TDD Nirvana cypress run Testing in CI/CD Pipeline Headless More efficient for running all your tests @amirrustam
3 cypress open Great for everyday development workflow Cypress +
Editor Side-by-Side TDD Nirvana cypress run --record Video Recordings of Tests @amirrustam
Cypress Dashboard - Great for CI @amirrustam
cypress run --record --parallel Introducing Parallelization Now available in Cypress
3.1 @amirrustam
cypress run --parallel cypress run --parallel cypress run --parallel Your
CI Machines 3x parallelism Ready for work signup.spec.js login.spec.js widget.spec.js @amirrustam
Previous Spec Test Runs Spec Test Duration History Test Duration
(seconds) The Future Automatic Load Balancing of Test Specs Duration Forecast @amirrustam
Automatic Load Balancing of Test Specs login.spec.js signup.spec.js widget.spec.js @amirrustam
Cypress Parallelization Easily optimize your CI usage You save a
lot of ⏳ time and money @amirrustam
cypress run --group frontend Introducing Test Run Grouping Now available
in Cypress 3.1
Documentation docs.cypress.io
Best Practices docs.cypress.io @amirrustam
https:!//youtu.be/5XQOK0v_YRE Cypress Best Practices Brian Mann, Creator of Cypress
End to End testing with Cypress By Andrew Van Slaars
egghead.io/courses/end-to-end-testing-with-cypress
docs.cypress.io/examples/examples/tutorials.html Tutorial Videos
Testing Workshop docs.cypress.io/examples/examples/workshop.html
Podcasts docs.cypress.io/examples/media/podcasts-media.html
We are trying to drastically improve the status quo of
testing on the web. @amirrustam
Thank You npm install -D cypress Free. Open Source. MIT
License Follow @amirrustam for link to slides.