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Frontend End-to-End Testing with Cypress

Gain insights into Cypress, a fast, reliable testing tool. Discover its basics, create robust test cases, and enhance front-end quality with advanced concepts and accessibility integration.

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Cypress, an end-to-end testing framework, has become a popular choice among front-end developers to test their applications with a fast, easy-to-use, and reliable testing tool. It allows you to test your applications with a fast, easy-to-use, and reliable testing tool. It can help you improve your site by capturing bugs before they reach production. In this course, you'll start off with the basics of Cypress, learn why Cypress is a great choice, how it works, and how you can create robust test cases with its help. In this course, you'll start off with the basics of Cypress, learn why it is a great choice, how it works, and how we can create robust test cases. We will also ensure that our site is usable by the widest possible audience by integrating Axe by Deque, an accessibility engine. By the end of this course, you'll have a solid foundation to enhance the quality of your front-end application and learn more advanced concepts to take your E2E testing to the next level.

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WHAT YOU'LL LEARN

Learn how to improve the quality of your frontend application with E2E testing

Learn how to create robust test cases using Cypress

Learn how to integrate axe into Cypress to improve the accessibility of your website

Learn how to improve the quality of your frontend application with E2E testing

Content

34 Lessons9 Quizzes

What is Cypress?

1 Lessons

Get familiar with Cypress as an innovative and robust end-to-end testing tool.

A Short Introduction to Cypress

Why Cypress?

2 Lessons

Discover the logic behind using Cypress for end-to-end web application testing.

Who Should Use Cypress?

Quiz

How Cypress Works

3 Lessons

Examine Cypress's unique features, testing approach, and how it enhances JavaScript testing.

What Makes Cypress Different?

The Testing Approach

Quiz

The Features of Cypress

5 Lessons

Grasp the fundamentals of Cypress features, including time travel, spies, stubs, clocks, and cross-browser testing.

Time Travel

Spies, Stubs, and Clocks

Consistent Results

Cross-Browser Testing

Quiz

The Structure of Cypress

4 Lessons

Take a closer look at Cypress structure with fixtures, plugins, support, and flexible configuration.

Fixtures and Integration

Plugins and Support

Configuration

Quiz

Writing Your Very First Test Case

5 Lessons

Follow the process of organizing Cypress tests, interacting with elements, and using aliasing and conditional testing.

Organizing Your Tests

Interacting with Elements

Aliasing

Conditional Testing

Quiz

Integrating Axe

3 Lessons

Practice using Axe with Cypress for effective automated web accessibility testing and issue detection.

Why is Accessibility Important?

Checking Accessibility

Quiz

Running Your Test Cases

3 Lessons

Step through running test cases with Cypress, using a visual interface and built-in retries.

The Test Runner

Retry-ability

Quiz

Debugging Cypress

3 Lessons

Get started with debugging Cypress tests using tools like DevTools and cy.pause.

Using Debuggers

Debugging Flaky Tests

Quiz

10.

What's Next?

2 Lessons

Explore community resources, provide feedback, complete quizzes, and apply your Cypress skills.

Join the Community

Thank You!

11.

Appendix

3 Lessons

Grasp the fundamentals of setting up projects and exploring resources for Cypress.

Setting Up a New Project

Quiz

Resources

Certificate of Completion

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Ferenc Almasi

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