cy.blog()

Sharing our challenges, mistakes, hacks, successes, opinions and news

Code Coverage Isn’t Enough: How UI Coverage Completes the Picture

Measuring Coverage Is Hard; We Made It Better Trying to understand how much of your application is tested can be an exercise in frustration—you're stuck relying on numbers that are hard to interpret, methods that don’t reflect real user activity, and reports that are a nightmare to collaborate on. But what if it didn't have to be this way? What if coverage could be actionable, intuitive, and reflective of what really matters—the user experience? That's why we built UI Coverage. Let's break dow Read more

Welcome Max Schireson, Former MongoDB CEO, to the Cypress Board of Directors

We are excited to welcome Max Schireson to the Cypress board of directors. Max brings a wealth of experience and expertise in the technology industry to Cypress and is a valuable addition to the board. Max is a seasoned technology executive with more than 20 years of experience in the industry and is currently an Operating Partner at Battery Ventures, an investor in Cypress.io. Previously, Max was the CEO of MongoDB, the leading open-source database company. Under his leadership, MongoDB grew i

Read more

Implement API Testing Like a Pro, Part 1: How to Automate APIs using Cypress

This is a guest post from Cypress Ambassador Kailash Pathak! Kailash Pathak is a Sr. QA Lead and 3Pillar Global. Read his blogs at qaautomationlabs.com/blogs. Kailash is 2x AWS | PMI-ACP, ITIL, and PRINCE2 practitioner certified. This post is the first of a series that explores API testing with Cypress. Stay tuned on our blog and Twitter for more! What is API Automation? The process of automatically testing and verifying the functionality of Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) is know

Read more

Cypress Ambassador Spotlight: Petros Plakogiannis

Meet Petros, From hosting free workshops on Linkedin, to organizing Cypress celebrations in his local community - Petros continues to have an impact. He has the unique ability of empowering his colleagues through education, leadership, and guidance. What motivates you to be a Cypress Ambassador? I found Cypress a great tool for testers in order to start with automation testing. I would like to be part of this team and share ideas with the engineers creating the cypress. How do you currently

Read more

A common mistake when using cy.session() (and how to fix it)

This is a guest post from Ambassador Filip Hric! Hello, I’m Filip. I teach testers about web development and developers about testing. I have spoken at conferences around the world, created multiple online courses, and host live workshops on e2e testing in Cypress.io. Find everything I do at https://filiphric.com. In Cypress v12, the cy.session() command was released as generally available. Many teams have already added it to their projects to save minutes from their test runs. I recently wro

Read more

Cypress Ambassador Spotlight: Gurudatt Ananthapadmanabha

Meet Gurudatt. When he joined the Ambassador program his main goal was to expand the reach of his articles and blogs. As a member of the program his peers have awarded him with the title “Biggest Cypress Advocate” because of his continuous efforts in enabling community members to be successful. What motivates you to be a Cypress Ambassador? Being Cypress Ambassador means being on top of new features and understanding existing features well, so that I can share this information via my blogs an

Read more

Introducing in-app test results: A streamlined, local workflow for debugging CI failures

Introducing in-app test results, a game-changing addition to Cypress that allows you to easily debug failed CI test runs right from your local app. With the new Debug page in the app, you can review, rerun, and debug failed CI test runs that are recorded to Cypress Cloud. Debugging failed CI test runs can be a time-consuming and frustrating process. In the past, you had to switch back and forth between your local editor and your CI provider's website, searching and copying the names of failed t

Read more
Learn the value of Component Testing for QA teams

What Cypress Component Testing Means for QA and "Shifting Left"

This post is the second of a series that explores how Component Testing can benefit different parts of your team or organization. If you’re wondering why you and your team should adopt Component Testing, this series is for you! In our first post of this series, we discussed how Cypress Component Testing isbeneficial for developers. In this post, we'll delve into how Component Testing can improve collaboration and alignment between development and QA teams by allowing them to run end-to-end and

Read more

Webinar: Future-Proofing Your Automation Pipeline

With Cypress end-to-end testing, you can feel confident that your entire app is functioning as a cohesive whole. But what about testing the visual integrity of your app to make sure that you’re avoiding rendering issues? How do you bring it all together efficiently? Cypress makes testing fast, easy, and reliable so you can rest assured your app is functioning exactly as intended on every commit. Using it with Applitools’ [https://applitools.com/?utm_source=3rd-party&utm_medium=partner&utm_conte

Read more

Cypress Ambassador Spotlight: David Ingraham

Meet David. When he saw the opportunity to deepen his relationship with the Cypress community he didn't hesitate to get involved. As an ambassador David looks forward to contributing his knowledge to furthering the growth of those around him. What motivates you to be a Cypress Ambassador? I want to give back to the community the same way the community has given to me. I owe the majority of my Cypress knowledge to those in this program and I want to take the next step in my career and become a

Read more
Newer posts Older posts