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End-to-End Web Testing with Cypress

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

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jan 2021
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781839213854
Length 240 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (17) Chapters Close

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

Chapter 6: Writing Cypress Tests Using the TDD approach

Now that we've completed Part 1 of this book – that is, Cypress as an End-to-End Testing Solution for Frontend Applications – it is time to move on to Part 2 of this book, which will focus on Automated Tests with a TDD Approach.

Before we can start writing Cypress tests using a TDD (TDD) approach, we need to understand how to properly write Cypress tests. This was covered in the previous chapters of this book. To excel in this topic, you will need to have an understanding of how Cypress tests work, the structure of tests, and the different ways in which Cypress tests can be used to make assertions. This background information will help you understand how to use TDD in Cypress and the advantages that come from using it in the software development life cycle. In this chapter, we will utilize a test-driven approach to write tests that will significantly contribute to an increased level of trust and confidence...

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