End-to-End JavaScript Testing with Cypress.io

Course details

End-to-end testing is an incredibly powerful strategy. Essentially, it allows you to write programs that automatically interact with your web applications like a real user would. In this course, Shaun Wassell—a lifelong programmer and a Full-Stack Development Instructor—offers a comprehensive look at end-to-end testing using Cypress, which is one of the most popular and robust end-to-end testing tools available. Learn how to write and execute basic tests, and then move on to best practices for element selection, aliasing, and handling command results. Explore advanced Cypress features, such as hooks, environment variables, and test doubles, to create efficient and maintainable tests. By the end of the course, you will be prepared to perform real-world, end-to-end testing on any web application.

Learning objectives
Develop and execute end-to-end tests with Cypress
Understand and apply best practices for element selection, aliasing, and more
Use advanced Cypress features such as hooks, environment variables, and test doubles
Identify how to debug and optimize Cypress tests

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - It's time to use Cypress.io to do some end-to-end JavaScript testing
02 - What you should know

1. Introduction to Cypress

03 - What is Cypress
04 - Advantages of Cypress

2. The Basics

05 - Installing and running Cypress
06 - Writing and running Cypress tests
07 - Testing text inputs
08 - Selecting elements
09 - Element aliasing
10 - Working with command results
11 - Using beforeEach
12 - Setting a base URL
13 - Challenge 1 - Writing your own tests
14 - Solution 1 - Writing your own tests

3. Intermediate Concepts

15 - Interacting with elements
16 - Triggering other actions
17 - Common assertions
18 - Automatic retries
19 - Debugging Cypress tests
20 - Setting environment variables
21 - Working with test doubles
22 - Challenge 2 - Writing your own tests
23 - Solution 2 - Writing your own tests

4. Useful Commands

24 - The wrap command
25 - The and command
26 - The filter and not commands
27 - Typing special characters
28 - Activating code completion
29 - Challenge 3 - Writing your own tests
30 - Solution 3 - Writing your own tests

Conclusion

31 - Next steps with Cypress.io and JavaScript

End-to-End JavaScript Testing with Cypress.io

Authors

Shaun Wassell