Make Testing Fun Again with Cypress

June 17, 2021 19.00 - 20.30

Learn about why the process of writing and maintaining tests invokes feelings of frustration and hopelessness and how Cypress can make testing not only easy but fun.

Hosted by

Mike Cataldo Software Engineer, DX Cypress.io

Details

Target Audience

  • Front-end Software Engineers who want to get as much enjoyment from writing tests as they do from shipping features.
  • Quality Engineers who want to increase their test coverage and effectiveness without working overtime.
  • Engineering team leads and managers who want more actionable insights to help their team write more reliable and performant tests.

Key take-aways

  • Call out the reasons why writing tests can be a frustrating experience
  • Discuss solutions that would make writing tests a worthy investment of engineering resources
  • Discover how Cypress has become a cutting-edge alternative to the archaic solutions we’ve been limited to for the last 10 years
  • Learn how easy it is to get started with Cypress using real-world examples
  • Uncover flaky, failure-prone and less performant tests using the Cypress Dashboard

About the host:
Mike loves JavaScript and being active in the dev community. Cooking and exploring the outdoors are Mike’s favorites. He lives in Utah, United States with his wife, four kids, and two cats.