You're reading from End-to-End Web Testing with Cypress Explore techniques for automated frontend web testing with Cypress and JavaScript

Product type Paperback

Published in Jan 2021

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781839213854

Length 240 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

JavaScript

Tools

Cypress

Concepts

Test Driven Development

Author (1):

Waweru Mwaura

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Table of Contents (17) Chapters

Preface

1. Section 1: Cypress as an End-to-End Testing Solution for Frontend Applications

2. Chapter 1: Installing and Setting Up Cypress FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Differences between Selenium WebDriver and Cypress

4. Chapter 3: Working with Cypress Command-Line Tools

5. Chapter 4: Writing Your First Test

6. Chapter 5: Debugging Cypress Tests

7. Section 2: Automated Tests with the TDD Approach

8. Chapter 6: Writing Cypress Tests Using the TDD approach

9. Chapter 7: Understanding Element Interaction in Cypress

10. Chapter 8: Understanding Variables and Aliases in Cypress

11. Chapter 9: Advanced Uses of Cypress Test Runner

12. Section 3: Automated Testing for Your Web Application

13. Chapter 10: Exercise – Navigation and Network Requests

14. Chapter 11: Exercise – Stubbing and Spying XHR Requests

15. Chapter 12: Visual Testing in Cypress

16. Other Books You May Enjoy

Advanced navigation request configuration

Navigation is one of the most important aspects of properly running tests. By using the cy.visit(), cy.go(), and even cy.reload() commands, we have the ability to know what shortcuts to take when writing our tests. The navigation commands also significantly simplify test workflows. Most of the frontend tests require navigation and, therefore, grasping the advanced configuration will not only make your life easier but will also lead to a smoother experience while writing tests. In this section, we will focus mainly on the Cypress advanced command configuration for cy.visit() as it is the main navigation command for Cypress.

cy.visit() configuration options

The following table shows the configuration options for the cy.visit() command and the default values that are loaded when no options are passed to the option object: