Introduction to Cypress.io

Marie Drake

Quality Engineering Manager, Zoopla

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What is this workshop about?

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Why do we need to learn about test automation?

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What is Cypress?

• Automates browser actions

• An all in one testing framework

• Tool written in Javascript

• Development framework agnostic 

• Open source and commercial

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Why was Cypress created?

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Benefits of using Cypress

• Fast setup and installation

• Quick debugging

• Time travel

• Automatic reloads

• Supports other types of testing

• Automatic Screenshots

• Automatic Videos

• Automatic waiting

• Active community

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Limitations of Cypress

• No support for multiple tabs/browsers

• Tests are evaluated inside the browser

• No support for native/mobile events

• Multiple domains support

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Let's start the hands on workshop! 🙌🏼

https://github.com/mdcruz/atd-introduction-to-cypress​

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