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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Use cases and considerations for picking a solid test automation framework

When considering the long list of activities that both developers and SDETs are responsible for, considering the tool stack that's available for them to accomplish these activities is imperative for success.

The following diagram presents a set of very important considerations that should be part of any proof of concept when choosing a web application testing framework:

Figure 4.1 – Key pillars of a high-value test automation framework

When starting to investigate a web application test automation framework, looking at the previously illustrated pillars is imperative. Let's look at each of them in the following sections. We will not address C.E.L.A as a standalone section since this refers to the overall capabilities together and it sums the software testing life cycle from test creation through its report at the end of execution.