Ultimate web automation testing with cypress : master end-To-end web application testing automation to accelerate your QA process with cypress / Vitaly Skadorva.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Skadorva, Vitaly, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Computer programming.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (247 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Delhi, India : Orange Education Pvt Ltd, [2023]

Summary:

Dive into the world of automated web testing with "Ultimate Web Automation Testing with Cypress." From foundational concepts to advanced techniques, the book equips professionals with the skills to seamlessly integrate Cypress into their workflow. Starting with setup and basic tests, it progresses to cover end-to-end, component, API, and data-driven testing with practical examples and best practices. Further, it explores advanced topics like custom commands, plugins, Cypress Cloud, Smart Orchestration and Flaky Test Management. The book also unveils the integration with GitHub, GitLab, and Cucumber, and concludes with CI/CD implementation using Docker and Jenkins Pipelines, along with effective reporting techniques. By the end, you will have a profound understanding of Cypress, empowering you to excel in web application testing and advance your careers in the competitive software testing industry.

Contents:

Intro

Cover Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication Page

About the Author

About the Technical Reviewer

Acknowledgements

Preface

Errata

Table of Contents

1. Getting Started with Cypress Testing

Introduction

Structure

Introduction to Cypress

Overview of Cypress

Advantages of Cypress

Integration with Modern Web Technologies and Frameworks

Benefits of using Cypress for automation testing

Real-time reloading and time-travel debugging

Automatic waiting and retries

Simple and easy-to-understand API

Built-in parallelization and dashboard features

Integration with CI/CD tools

Wide range of plugins and community support

Difference between Cypress and Selenium

Architecture: Cypress's direct browser access versus Selenium's WebDriver-based approach

Language Support: JavaScript in Cypress versus multiple languages in Selenium

Automatic waiting and command retries in Cypress

Speed and performance comparison

Ease of setup and learning curve

Key features of Cypress 12

Multiple origins testing with 'cy.origin()'

Browser context preservation with `cy.session()`

Test isolation

Fix for dreaded detached DOM errors

Conclusion

Further Reading

2. Setting Up the Development Environment

Installing Node.js

NPM (Node Package Manager)

Yarn

Installing Cypress

Configuring Cypress

Project structure

Creating your first Cypress project

Further Readings

3. Writing Your First Test

Introducing the Cypress Test Runner

Writing a simple test case

Using Cypress commands

Navigating commands

Querying DOM commands

Action commands

Assertion commands

Network requests commands

Cookies and local storage commands

Using Cypress assertions.

BDD assertions

TDD assertions

Sinon-Chai assertions

Complex assertions

Assertion timeout

Understanding hooks and aliases

Introducing hooks

Using aliases

Scopes of hooks and aliases

Hooks scope

Aliases scope

Best practices for using hooks and aliases

Dealing with asynchronous operations

Further readings

4. End-to-End (E2E) Testing

Overview of E2E testing

The crucial role of E2E testing

E2E testing with Cypress: A new age in testing

Testing user interactions

Clicking and double clicking

Typing into input fields

Checking and unchecking boxes

Selecting options in dropdowns

Working with events

Drag and Drop

Hovering

File uploads

Keyboard interactions

Scrolling

Right clicking

Form interactions

Dealing with popups and alerts

Working with iframes

Working with different types of elements

Text elements

Input fields

Buttons

Links

Images

Lists

Tables

Scalable vector graphics (SVGs)

Forms

Dialog and pop-up windows

Canvas

Audio and video elements

Shadow DOM

Custom Elements

Map Elements

Handling timeouts and retries

Timeouts

Automatic retries

Custom retries

Best practices for handling timeouts and retries

5. Component Testing

Introduction to component testing

Types of component testing

Timing of component testing execution

Differentiating component testing and unit testing

Component testing vs end-to-end testing

Setting up component testing with Cypress

Writing component tests

Scaffold React Application

Testing React components

Crafting a component

First component test

Locating elements and assertions

Incorporating props into components

Testing interactions.

Testing React components with events

Testing Angular components

Building an Angular component

Component inputs

Interactions with the component

Testing Angular component events

Testing Vue.js components

Building a Vue.js component

Testing interactions

Testing Vue.js components with events

Best practices for component testing

Understand the component's functionality

Isolate the component

Use descriptive test titles

Favor integration over snapshot tests

Test different states

Test events and side effects

Keep tests DRY, but not at all costs

Incorporate accessibility checks

Continuously run tests in your development environment

Use a test-first methodology (TDD/BDD)

Debugging and troubleshooting component tests

Utilize Cypress's time traveling and real-time reloading

Use cy.log for custom logging

Use cy.pause for pausing execution

Use Cypress's built-in debuggability

Reviewing test artifacts

Integrating component tests into your testing workflow

Running component tests locally

Running component tests in continuous integration

Running component tests

6. API Testing

Introduction to API testing

Understanding RESTful APIs

Exploring GraphQL

Comparing REST and GraphQL

Cypress for API Testing

Testing RESTful APIs

Testing GraphQL APIs

Aliasing Multiple Queries or Mutations

Expectations for Query or Mutation Results

Modifying a Query or Mutation Response

Validating API responses

7. Data-Driven Testing

Overview of data-driven testing

Data-Driven Testing in Action

Using JSON Files for Test Data.

Reasons for Using JSON Files

Structuring JSON Files for Test Data

Reading JSON Files in Cypress

Implementing Data-Driven Tests with JSON Files

Reading Data from Databases

Reasons for Using Databases for Test Data

Setting up the Database Connection

Setting up MongoDB Connection

Setting up MySQL Connection

Using MongoDB and MySQL Data in Cypress Tests

Implementing Data-Driven Test Cases

Segregation of Test Data and Production Data

Leveraging Realistic Data in Tests

Minimizing Test Data Duplication

Employing Cypress Plugins for Database Testing

Setting up a Test Database

Connecting Cypress to the Test Database

Test Cases for CRUD Operations

Test Case to Verify Data Integrity

Testing Database Transactions

Testing Database Migrations

8. Advanced Cypress Techniques

Cypress custom commands

Creating a custom command

Using a custom command

Custom command overwrites

Asynchronous custom commands

Chaining custom commands

Passing options to custom commands

Custom commands with aliases

Validating custom commands

Use cases for custom commands

Overriding existing commands

Handling errors in custom commands

Debugging custom commands

Best practices for custom commands

Using videos and screenshots for debugging

Debugging with screenshots

Debugging with videos

Using screenshots and videos effectively

Working with Cypress plugins

Configuration

Preprocessors

Run lifecycle

Spec lifecycle

Browser launching

Screenshot handling

cy.task

List of plugins

Crafting a plugin

Custom plugin examples

Interacting with a database

Plugin Events

Environment variables

Browser launch API

Custom Webpack preprocessor

Existing Cypress plugin examples.

cypress-cucumber-preprocessor

cypress-axe

Handling authentication and authorization

Authentication vs authorization

Approaches to testing authentication and authorization

Testing the UI

Programmatic login

Handling authorization

Testing API authorization

Authentication by visiting a different domain with cy.origin()

Programmatic login using Auth0 authentication

Parallel test execution

Using CI/CD tools for parallelization

Parallelization beyond the Dashboard: plugins

cypress-parallel

cypress-split

Cross-browser testing

Running tests in a specific browser

Running tests in all supported browsers

Electron browser: an integral part of Cypress

Chrome browsers

Firefox browsers

Managing test flakiness across different browsers

Comparing browser behaviors

WebKit (experimental)

Network stubbing and mocking

Using the cy.intercept() command

Intercepting responses and asserting with cy.wait()

POST request stubbing

Wildcards and glob patterns

Visual regression testing

Setting up cypress-image-snapshot plugin

Creating your first visual test

Dealing with dynamic content

Image comparison strategies

Setting up cypress-visual-regression

Basic usage of cypress-visual-regression

Customizing cypress-visual-regression

9. Cypress Cloud, Smart Orchestration, and Flaky Test Management

Introduction to Cypress Cloud

Understanding Cypress Cloud

Key features of Cypress Cloud

Detailed test recording and optimized management

Smart Orchestration in Cypress

Introduction to Smart Orchestration

Parallelization

Load Balancing

Spec Prioritization

Run Cancellation

Managing flaky tests

Network instability

Concurrency issues.

Test order dependency.

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