You're reading from A Frontend Web Developer's Guide to Testing Explore leading web test automation frameworks and their future driven by low-code and AI

Product type Paperback

Published in Mar 2022

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781803238319

Length 304 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

JavaScript

Tools

Selenium

Concepts

Front End Web Development

Author (1):

Eran Kinsbruner

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Table of Contents (19) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1 – Frontend Web Testing Overview

2. Chapter 1: Cross-Browser Testing Methodologies FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Challenges Faced by Frontend Web Application Developers

4. Chapter 3: Top Web Test Automation Frameworks

5. Chapter 4: Matching Personas and Use Cases to Testing Frameworks

6. Chapter 5: Introducing the Leading Frontend Web Development Frameworks

7. Part 2 – Continuous Testing Strategy for Web Application Developers

8. Chapter 6: Map the Pillars of a Dev Testing Strategy for Web Applications

9. Chapter 7: Core Capabilities of the Leading JavaScript Test Automation Frameworks

10. Chapter 8: Measuring Test Coverage of the Web Application

11. Part 3 – Frontend JavaScript Web Test Automation Framework Guides

12. Chapter 9: Working with the Selenium Framework

13. Chapter 10: Working with the Cypress Framework

14. Chapter 11: Working with the Playwright Framework

15. Chapter 12: Working with the Puppeteer Framework

16. Chapter 13: Complementing Code-Based Testing with Low-Code Test Automation

17. Chapter 14: Wrapping Up

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Summary

In this chapter, we went deeper into the high-level considerations frontend web application developers have when it comes to selecting a test automation framework.

As outlined in the chapter, there are a few generic considerations, such as ease of use and reporting, but also some specific requirements around test coverage, API and mock testing abilities, visual testing, and others that would vary from one project to another.

We provided a useful table that can be used as a baseline for a comparison of the various test automation frameworks.

Later in the book, in chapters 9-12, we will look into each of the capabilities (supported languages, community engagement, and so on) represented in the table, and provide a deep-dive analysis and comparison of each of these categories.

That concludes this chapter!

In the following chapter, we will advance the preceding test consideration matrix and provide a way to match each test automation framework with a testing methodology...