Getting Started with the Cypress Framework

Explore Cypress, the fastest and most popular cross-browser JavaScript testing framework.

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Sample test scenario with Cypres
Important features of Cypress
Component testing with Cypress
Cypress Studio and recording

Cypress is by far the fastest and most adopted cross-browser front-end JavaScript testing framework. It’s a developer-friendly, fast execution solution by design and runs on the browser.

In this lesson, we’ll run the first Cypress test in JavaScript. Note that Cypress also supports TypeScript and can be configured to run with the Cucumber BDD framework as well.

From the CLI, we can launch the GUI version of Cypress and launch any tests that are available in the testing directory or connect the Cypress framework with the online Cypress web dashboard.

We can launch the Cypress GUI by using the following command:

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Getting Started

Cross-Browser Testing Methodologies

Challenges Faced by Front-End Web Application Developers

Top Web Test Automation Frameworks

Matching Personas and Use Cases to Testing Frameworks

Introducing the Leading Front-End Web Development Frameworks

Map the Pillars of a Dev Testing Strategy for Web Applications

Core Capabilities of Top JavaScript Test Automation Frameworks

Measuring Test Coverage of a Web Application

Working with the Selenium Framework

Working with the Cypress Framework

Working with the Playwright Framework

Working with the Puppeteer Framework

Complementing Code-Based Testing with Low-Code Test Automation

Wrapping Up

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Getting Started with the Cypress Framework