cypress Cypress Tip: Use plugins to make assertions on your test environment Common testing headaches can be cured easily with Cypress Plugins. Mike Cataldo 5 May 2021 • 1 min read
content creation Publish heuristics when a "best practice" isn't universally applicable There's more than one way to peel a banana. Some may not have the dexterity or a ripe enough banana to do it your way. Does that mean you can't Mike Cataldo 5 Apr 2021 • 1 min read
cypress Cypress Tip: Don't Overuse the Visibility Assertion Cypress [https://www.cypress.io/] makes assertions [https://docs.cypress.io/guides/references/assertions.html] easy with the should [https://docs.cypress.io/api/commands/should.html] command and an Mike Cataldo 25 Feb 2021 • 2 min read
cypress Cypress Tip: In-Spec Functions Let's imagine you have a bunch of repeatable code in your tests: it('should do this thing', () => { // ... cy.get('#thisElement') .then($el => { // some unusual hackery here }) // ... }) it('should do Mike Cataldo 3 Feb 2021 • 1 min read
cypress Cypress Tip: Get the Cypress Dashboard App If you're familiar with the Cypress Dashboard [https://www.cypress.io/dashboard] , you might immediately suspect that I'm clickbaiting you, but stay with me! In Chrome there's a way [https: Mike Cataldo 29 Jan 2021 • 1 min read
javascript Cypress gets lots of community love I took a risk with Cypress - and I’m glad I did. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Writing and maintaining tests is a necessity if you want confidence in your product when it Mike Cataldo 28 Jan 2021 • 1 min read
The Cypress Weekly Workshop is Back! The last weekly workshop was a success, so - by popular demand - I'm relaunching the Cypress Weekly Workshop! Check out the deets here [https://iheartjs.dev/workshop]. Mike Cataldo 18 Sep 2020 • 1 min read
