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A Frontend Web Developer’s Guide to Testing

By : Eran Kinsbruner
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Book Image

A Frontend Web Developer’s Guide to Testing

3 (1)
By: Eran Kinsbruner

Overview of this book

Testing web applications during a sprint poses a challenge for frontend web app developers, which can be overcome by harnessing the power of new, open source cross-browser test automation frameworks. This book will introduce you to a range of leading, powerful frameworks, such as Selenium, Cypress, Puppeteer, and Playwright, and serve as a guide to leveraging their test coverage capability. You’ll learn essential concepts of web testing and get an overview of the different web automation frameworks in order to integrate them into your frontend development workflow. Throughout the book, you'll explore the unique features of top open source test automation frameworks, as well as their trade-offs, and learn how to set up each of them to create tests that don't break with changes in the app. By the end of this book, you'll not only be able to choose the framework that best suits your project needs but also create your initial JavaScript-based test automation suite. This will enable fast feedback upon code changes and increase test automation reliability. As the open source market for these frameworks evolves, this guide will help you to continuously validate your project needs and adapt to the changes.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
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Part 1 – Frontend Web Testing Overview
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Part 2 – Continuous Testing Strategy for Web Application Developers
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Part 3 – Frontend JavaScript Web Test Automation Framework Guides

Use cases and considerations for picking a solid test automation framework

When considering the long list of activities that both developers and SDETs are responsible for, considering the tool stack that's available for them to accomplish these activities is imperative for success.

The following diagram presents a set of very important considerations that should be part of any proof of concept when choosing a web application testing framework:

Figure 4.1 – Key pillars of a high-value test automation framework

When starting to investigate a web application test automation framework, looking at the previously illustrated pillars is imperative. Let's look at each of them in the following sections. We will not address C.E.L.A as a standalone section since this refers to the overall capabilities together and it sums the software testing life cycle from test creation through its report at the end of execution.

Community considerations

Having...