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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

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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

Fundamental features of low-code/codeless testing tools

Over the past few years, we've seen tremendous growth and investment in codeless and low-code software testing tools. Some of these advancements occurred within the open source landscape community (for example, Selenium integrated development environment (IDE), Playwright CodeGen Inspector, and so on), while other advancements were seen within the rise of commercial intelligence tools.

Prior to exploring the available options, let's first understand what it takes from a features perspective for a codeless or low-code testing tool to compete in the cross-browser testing landscape.

As we have explored throughout this book, properly testing a modern web application across all relevant browser configurations and mobile viewports requires massive coverage and thorough planning. Functional testing, non-functional testing—such as performance, security, and accessibility—through visual and user interface...