Summary

In this chapter, we learned about installing Cypress both on Windows and on Mac operating systems. With both installations, we covered installing Cypress as a downloaded application or via the command line. We also covered using either the default package manager that comes with Node.js (npm) or third-party dependency managers such as Yarn. We learned how to utilize the test runner to run our tests and also how to automate our scripts in package.json to help us run our tests effectively. To test our knowledge, we also had an exercise where we practiced running tests in different Cypress browsers.

In the next chapter, we will be diving into the differences between Selenium and Cypress and why Cypress should be the preferred choice. We will be building further on the understanding of Cypress that we have gained in this chapter.