Effective E2E and Integration Testing with Cypress
Nikola Δuza
Writer and owner at Pragmatic Pineapple
Sr Software Engineer at Toptal π₯
Cypress.io Ambassador
Novi Sad JS Organizer π£
Ruby and JS π
What will you learn?
- Difference between Selenium, Puppeteer, and Cypress
- Cypress Best Practices
- Advanced use of Cypress
Topics
- Why test?
- What about code coverage?
- What kinds of tests to write?
- Cypress VS Selenium VS Puppeteer
- Cypress Best Practices
- Cypress + React = π
- GIFT π
Why test?
Why test?
- Make sure software works
- And that it will work
- Future proof
Why test?
CONFIDENCE
Why test?
Why test?
Why test?
BE SURE TO
TEST YOUR CODE
What about code coverage?
Code coverage
Code coverage
Code coverage
How much is enough?
Code coverage
How much is enough?
Β―\_(γ)_/Β―
Code coverage
How much is enough?
Β―\_(γ)_/Β― IT DEPENDS
Code coverage
YOU SHOULD HAVE IT
What kinds of tests to write?
The "Smoking" Testing Pyramid
The Testing Square
The Testing Trophy
Static tests (analysis)
TypeScript
ESLint
Static tests (analysis)
Check out
Unit tests
Integration tests
E2E tests
Unit and integration and E2E tests
Cypress VS Selenium VS Puppeteer
What are they?
Browser automating tools π
Selenium VS Puppeteer VS Cypress
Selenium
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Initial idea 2004 by Jason Huggins
- You can cure mercury poisoning by taking selenium supplements
Selenium
Selenium
Supports: Java, C#, JavaScript, Python, Ruby, Objective-C
Selenium
Supports almost all browsers
Selenium
- First commit in 2017
- Founded by Google
- Node.js library for controlling Chrome
Puppeteer
Puppeteer
Uses DevTools protocol
Puppeteer
Uses DevTools protocol
Puppeteer
Supports writing tests in JavaScript
Puppeteer
Supports Chrome and Firefox
Puppeteer
Puppeteer
Cons:
- No built-in tooling
- Only Chrome and Firefox
- Parallel builds on CI is difficult
- Started in 2015 Brian Mann and Randall Kent
- Testing framework
- Runs inside the browser
Cypress
Cypress
Cypress
Supports writing tests in JavaScript
Cypress
Cypress
Supports: Chrome-based browsers, Firefox, Edge
Cypress
Cypress
Cons:
- Can't drive two browsers at the same time
- No multi-tab support
- No Safari and IE support (but are in consideration)
- Limited support for iFrames
Cypress
Cypress
Show us the tests already
Cypress Best Practices
Cypress Best Practices
Test login flow
Cypress Best Practices
Test login flow
BUT
ONLY ONCE
Login test example
Login test example
Viewing the settings page
Viewing the settings page
Login without UI test example
Page Object pattern
Page Object pattern
Cypress Custom Commands
Adding a Cypress Custom Command
Login without UI test example
Testing Login Flow only once
gives you
- More speed π
- Testing in isolation π
- Less complex tests πββοΈ
Cypress Best Practices
DO NOT USE
UI
TO POPULATE DATA
Cypress Best Practices
CLEAN UP STATE
BEFORE
TESTS RUN
Selenium-based tools
In Cypress
There's no guarentee this will run
Clean up state before tests run
Cypress Best Practices
START A WEB SERVER PRIOR TO RUNNING CYPRESS
Start a web server prior to running Cypress
$ npm start & cypress runStart a web server prior to running Cypress
π ββοΈπβπ ββοΈ
$ npm start & cypress runStart a web server prior to running Cypress
$ npm start & cypress runπ ββοΈπβπ ββοΈ
$ npm start & wait-on http://localhost:8080 \
& cypress runStart a web server prior to running Cypress
$ npm testCypress Best Practices
Check out more at:
Cypress + React = β€οΈ
Snapshot testing
Snapshot testing
HTML
Snapshot testing
JSON response
Redux
exposing the store
Redux
dispatching action objects
Redux
dispatching actions from our code
Redux + Snapshots
checking state with snapshot testing
React Unit Tests
React Unit Tests
File upload
File upload
BUT WAIT β
BUT WAIT β
YOU JUST STUBBED
A SERVER RESPONSE
BUT WAIT β
YOU JUST STUBBED
A SERVER RESPONSE
IT'S NOT A "TRUE" E2E TEST?! π€
STUBBING REQUESTS
REAL REQUESTS
Writing UI tests in Cypress
MEANS WRITING BOTH
-
E2E tests ππβ°
-
integration tests π»ππ
Testing Trophy
Testing Trophy
cheap
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Testing Trophy
cheap
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π’
π΅π°
Testing Trophy
cheap
ππ¨
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π΅π°
BIG PROBLEMS π€―
Small problems π
Integration tests provide best balance of:
- π΅
- ππ¨
- π
That's why UI testing in Cypress is:
- cheap π΅
- fast ππ¨
- fun π
$ npm install cypressLet's see it π
Gift time π
Free Cypress shirt π
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Effective E2E and Integration Testing with Cypress
By Nikola Δuza
Effective E2E and Integration Testing with Cypress
Why and how to do (E2E and integration) tests with Cypress. There is also a focus on comparing Selenium to Cypress.
