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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

Switching browsers

Cypress comes with Electron as the default browser on installation, but it can also integrate with other compatible browsers that contain the Chromium project, with the exception of Firefox. Currently, Cypress supports Firefox browsers Chrome browsers, Chromium, and Edge browsers. When launching Cypress, it will automatically find all the compatible browsers on the running machine and you will be able to switch between any of the browsers at any time using the test runner. To switch from one browser to another, you will need to click on the browser button at the top right and choose an alternative browser from the drop-down link.

Cypress tests can also be run or opened on different browsers using the command line, and this can be achieved by specifying the browser while opening the Cypress test runner or running the Cypress tests. All Chromium-based browsers, Edge, and Firefox can be launched using the command line with the following command:

$ cypress run...
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End-to-End Web Testing with Cypress
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