A Short Introduction to Cypress

  1. GitHub Repository: https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress

Who Should Use Cypress?

  1. The mission of Cypress: https://docs.cypress.io/guides/overview/why-cypress.html#Our-mission
  2. Cypress Documentation: https://docs.cypress.io/
  3. Official Roadmap: https://docs.cypress.io/guides/references/roadmap
  4. Cypress on Twitter: https://twitter.com/cypress_io

What Makes Cypress Different?

  1. Mocha: https://mochajs.org/
  2. Mocha’s Async Support: https://mochajs.org/#asynchronous-code
  3. ChaiJS: http://chaijs.com/
  4. Chai-jQuery: https://github.com/chaijs/chai-jquery
  5. Sinon.js: https://sinonjs.org/
  6. Cypress.sinon: https://docs.cypress.io/api/utilities/sinon
  7. cy.stub: https://docs.cypress.io/api/commands/stub
  8. cy.spy: https://docs.cypress.io/api/commands/spy
  9. Sinon-Chai: https://github.com/cypress-io/sinon-chai
  10. Lodash: https://lodash.com/
  11. jQuery: https://jquery.com/
  12. Minimatch: https://github.com/isaacs/minimatch
  13. Blob-util: https://github.com/nolanlawson/blob-util
  14. Bluebird: https://github.com/petkaantonov/bluebird
  15. Selenium: https://www.selenium.dev/
  16. Cypress Dashboard: https://www.cypress.io/dashboard/
  17. Dashboard Pricing: https://www.cypress.io/pricing
  18. Alter Network Requests: https://docs.cypress.io/guides/guides/network-requests

The Testing Approach

  1. cy.intercept command: https://docs.cypress.io/api/commands/intercept
  2. cy.clock command: https://docs.cypress.io/api/commands/clock
  3. Open issues on GitHub: https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues
  4. Roadmap: https://docs.cypress.io/guides/references/roadmap#Upcoming-features
  5. Lack of hover command: https://docs.cypress.io/api/commands/hover

Time Travel

  1. debugger keyword: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Statements/debugger

Spies, Stubs, and Clocks

  1. Promises documentation: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Promise
  2. Sino-Chai GitHub: https://github.com/domenic/sinon-chai
  3. Sinon-Chai assertions: https://docs.cypress.io/guides/references/assertions#Sinon-Chai
  4. Date object documentation: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Date
  5. setTimeout documentation: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/WindowOrWorkerGlobalScope/setTimeout
  6. setInterval documentation: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/WindowOrWorkerGlobalScope/setInterval

Consistent Results

  1. Other factors of flakes: https://docs.cypress.io/guides/core-concepts/interacting-with-elements#Visibility

Cross-Browser Testing

  1. Global browser market share: https://gs.statcounter.com/browser-market-share
  2. Support for cross-browser testing: https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/310
  3. All available arguments for cy.screenshot: https://docs.cypress.io/api/commands/screenshot#Arguments

Setting Up a New Project

  1. Node download page: https://nodejs.org/en/download/
  2. Cypress direct download: https://download.cypress.io/desktop

Fixtures and Integration

  1. HTTP status codes: https://www.iana.org/assignments/http-status-codes/http-status-codes.xhtml

Configuration

  1. Available configuration options: https://docs.cypress.io/guides/references/configuration#Options
  2. Option that can be changed for test files: https://docs.cypress.io/guides/references/configuration#Cypress-config

Interacting with Elements

  1. List of available special type commands: https://docs.cypress.io/api/commands/type#Arguments
  2. All available DOM events: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Element#events

Why Accessibility is Important?

  1. Official documentation of WAI-ARIA: https://www.w3.org/WAI/standards-guidelines/aria/
  2. Axe, the accessibility engine: https://www.deque.com/axe/
  3. WCAG: https://www.w3.org/WAI/standards-guidelines/wcag/
  4. Axe DevTools: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/axe-devtools-web-accessib/lhdoppojpmngadmnindnejefpokejbdd
  5. Axe core GitHub repository: https://github.com/dequelabs/axe-core
  6. NPM package for Cypress Axe: https://www.npmjs.com/package/cypress-axe
  7. NPM package for Axe core: https://www.npmjs.com/package/axe-core

Checking Accessibility

  1. Custom options for running Axe: https://www.deque.com/axe/core-documentation/api-documentation/#parameters-axerun
  2. List of available options for customizing runs: https://www.deque.com/axe/core-documentation/api-documentation/#options-parameter

The Test Runner

  1. Support for Cypress: https://www.cypress.io/support/
  2. Docs on Why Cypress: https://docs.cypress.io/guides/overview/why-cypress
  3. Changelog: https://docs.cypress.io/guides/references/changelog
  4. Cypress Dashboard: https://www.cypress.io/dashboard/
  5. Selector playground: https://docs.cypress.io/guides/core-concepts/test-runner#Selector-Playground

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