[Internship] Cypress E2E Web Automation | Introduction | 2022 Series

Frontend web automation testing tool.

Modern web applications.

React Js, Angular Js

Any application which runs on the browser

Javascript

Doesn't use any selenium.

Open-source.

 

Test runner - free

Dashboard - paid

 

basically, it's a node.js environment

So it's Node.js and comes with npm modules.

 

Who can use cypress - Dev & QA

1. End-to-end test cases -QA

2. Integration tests -dev

3. Unit test cases -dev

4. API testing -QA

 

 

cypress eco system

1. test runner - open source, locally installed

2. dashboard - we can record the history of testing and keep the track of it

 

Features

1. time travel - we can just move forward or repeat, anything

2. debuggability - cypress is running on the same browser as the app so it's easy to debug

3. Automatic waits (built-in waits) it will automatically wait for page or some elements

4. consistency - it's running inside of the browser with the app -> it's a big advantage 

5. screenshots & videos 

6. cross browser testing - locally or remotely

 

 

Limitations

1. can't automate window based / Mobile apps

2. Limited support for the browsers

3. only for Javascript / Typescript

4. reading / writing data into files 

5. Third party reporting tool integration is also limited