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A Frontend Web Developer's Guide to Testing

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

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Product type Paperback
Published in Mar 2022
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781803238319
Length 304 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Eran Kinsbruner Eran Kinsbruner
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Table of Contents (19) Chapters Close

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 18. Other Books You May Enjoy

The future of the Cypress framework

While Cypress has made amazing progress in a very short amount of time in this industry, it is already looking at some transformational capabilities in the shape of the studio and component testing. For Cypress to mature even further, it will need to tick a few more boxes for the expected capabilities of a test automation framework:

  • Support for all browser types and versions, including Safari's WebKit on macOS.
  • Support for web applications on mobile platforms.
  • Potentially expand to testing more easier multiple tabs and windows as Selenium 4 does.
  • There is a rise in the adoption of languages such as Python, so more language support by Cypress could expand its usage within the community.
  • Better support for modern application types such as the Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) Flutter and React Native.

In addition to the preceding, if the Cypress framework can develop its low-code studio solution with more intelligent capabilities...

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