Integrating TestMu AI And Siesta For Effective Test Automation

What is Bryntum’s Siesta?

Siesta by Bryntum is a JavaScript and UI testing tool for web pages and Node.js processes. You can run tests in browsers, Node.js, and Deno on Linux, macOS, and Windows. Siesta includes a powerful event recorder and player and an extensible automation package with cloud testing capabilities.

Siesta comes in two editions – Lite and Standard.

• Lite: Using the web interface, you can run your tests in Node.js and manually in any supported browser. Except for native simulations, you can record and replay user actions.
• Standard: It offers native events, browser automation, and integrations with all browsers.

Why use Siesta to automate web testing?

Getting started with Siesta is very simple. Additionally, it scales well as your test suite expands and your requirements become more complex. Siesta is jam-packed with powerful features that make automated web testing a breeze.

Let’s look at some of Siesta’s features –

• Test any JavaScript code, including Node, Angular, React, jQuery, and Ext JS.
• Automation package that includes support for Selenium WebDriver, SlimerJS, XVFB, and Puppeteer.
• A powerful event recorder for creating UI tests quickly.
• Simulate any mouse or keyboard interaction.
• Parallel testing for faster test execution.
• Integrate with any CI tools like TeamCity, Jenkins, or Bamboo.
• Extensible and simple to build your own test API layer
• Provides extensive API documentation.

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Integrating Siesta with TestMu AI

With TestMu AI and Siesta integration, you can launch your Siesta tests on the TestMu AI cloud platform with just a single command-line option. Following are the benefits of running Siesta tests on the TestMu AI platform.

• Automated testing across real desktop browsers and OS combinations.
• Cut down test execution time with parallel testing on an ultra-fast online Selenium Grid.
• Local testing of your private websites or web pages.
• TestMu AI integrations with third-party tools for CI/CD, Project Management, Bug Tracking, and more.
• Enterprise-grade security. So test securely and ship with confidence.

Shown below are the steps to run Siesta tests on the TestMu AI platform.

• Login to your TestMu AI account. Don’t have an account? Sign up for free.
• Download Siesta from the official website of Bryntum.
• Configure your TestMu AI Username and Access Key in the environment variables, or you can specify them in the Command line (CLI).
• Now, set up your local web server “localhost” on port 80 and execute the command below in the Command line.

C:\xampp\htdocs\siesta\bin\webdriver http://localhost/siesta/examples/browser/index.html --filter basic --lambdatest --username undefined --access_key undefined --cap browserName=firefox --cap platform=windows

• Visit the TestMu AI Automation Dashboard to view your test results.

To generate the desired capabilities, navigate to our Desired Capability Generator.

For more information, refer to our TestMu AI integration with Siesta documentation.

Wrapping Up!

We hope this new TestMu AI integration with Siesta will help you automate repetitive test cycles and add tremendous value to your team. Try this new integration and let us know your feedback.

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