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UI Testing with Puppeteer

You're reading from   UI Testing with Puppeteer Implement end-to-end testing and browser automation using JavaScript and Node.js

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Product type Paperback
Published in Mar 2021
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781800206786
Length 316 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Dario Kondratiuk Dario Kondratiuk
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Preface 1. Chapter 1: Getting started with Puppeteer 2. Chapter 2: Automated Testing and Test runners FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 3: Navigating through a website 4. Chapter 4: Interacting with a page 5. Chapter 5: Waiting for elements and network calls 6. Chapter 6: Executing and Injecting JavaScript 7. Chapter 7: Generating Content with Puppeteer 8. Chapter 8: Environments emulation 9. Chapter 9: Scraping tools 10. Chapter 10: Evaluating and Improving the Performance of a Website 11. Other Books You May Enjoy

What is browser automation?

If you go and look for the word "automation" in Wikipedia, it will tell you that it is "a process or procedure performed with minimal human assistance." If you are a developer, or just a geek, I bet you love to create scripts to automate tasks. You might also create environment variables, so you don't have to type long paths, or even create cool Git commands, so you don't need to remember all the steps required to create a new branch upstream.

When I got my first Mac, I discovered an app called Automator. I fell in love with it. You can automate tasks and connect applications just using drag and drop. If you use macOS and you've never played with Automator, please give it a try! But Automator isn't the only app. There are many workflow apps in the market, such as Hazel or Alfred.

Automation is even in the cloud and is available to the general public. Apps such as IFTTT and Zapier allow users to automate everyday...

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