Welcome to the 22th edition of Coding Jag brought to you by TestMu AI!👐
It’s the clash of the titans- Cypress vs. Selenium vs. Playwright vs. Puppeteer . All the big names that you have probably heard or read about every single day of your testing career. Big names indeed, but have you ever wondered which of them was the fastest? Have you ever been curious about your choice of browser automation tool?
If you are still reading, the answer is yes and it should be. You have the right to have all the information you need to make an informed decision between the four. So, let’s dig into Giovanni Rago’s data-backed comparison. Additionally, there’s also an interesting selection of the best reads of the week, carefully curated based on your interests!
News
5 min read
therockertester.wordpress.com
The skills needed to be an excellent tester can be learned. How you choose to undertake that learning is a personal choice. But there’s really no need to tackle this substantial task as a solo effort.
5 min readtestmu.ai
Coz you deserve the best! Subscribe now to stay in touch with the latest software testing news and innovations happening around us every single day.
5 min readdev-tester.com
API testing is becoming an essential part of QA for most modern applications. Here are a few tips to help get the most out of testing your API.
5 min readblog.isquaredsoftware.com
An overview of the concepts, terms, and data flow used in web apps: browsers, HTML, and CSS.
5 min readmedium.com
Amazing coding resources, free courses, interview preparation, programming best practices, and more.
Performance
4 min readmedium.com
The whole premise of Detox is to have stable E2E tests, and if you, as a tester, don’t have that experience- this blog can help fix that.
4 min readdiogonunes.com
This is a collection of simple and recurring scenarios when writing Cypress tests, including (but not limited to) setup, assertions, actions, selectors, etc.
Automation
9 min readtestmu.ai
A detailed guide by TestMu AI on how to generate a PHPUnit coverage report in HTML using Xdebug, PCOV, and php-code-coverage in HTML and XML format.
9 min readdavidmello.com
Learn how to use Nightwatch.js global variables so you don't need to hardcode values in your test automation allowing them to work in multiple environments and reduce test maintenance costs.
9 min readapplitools.com
The Playwright open source automation framework has released a Java API for cross-browser end-to-end testing! See how to install Playwright, create tests, and implement the Page Object Model design pattern.
Tools
10 min readblog.checklyhq.com
How does Cypress compare to Puppeteer, Playwright, WebDriverIO and Selenium, speed-wise? We ran our own benchmark to find out.
5 min read bunnyshell.com
Bunnyshell is a self-service DevOps automation platform that helps teams cut downtime and deliver reliable applications and services at high velocity.
5 min readwithpersona.com
Persona offers a suite of fully-automated identity verification components with worldwide coverage that can be configured and branded to create custom-tailored flows for any use case.
Video & Podcast
46 mintestandcode.com
In this episode of Test & Code, Brian Okken & Mark Smith start with the basics of MangoDB and also discuss some advanced features that you probably didn’t know about!
52 min readyoutube.com
This unit testing tutorial will help you to run your first test automation script for unit testing with C# & Selenium for the NUnit testing framework.
29 min readtestguild.com
In this episode, Juan Negrier, a co-founder of Delta Reporter, will discuss why he created this solution and how it can help you.
Events
00 minfrontenddeveloperlove.com
JS World Conference, the Premier JavaScript Conference in the world is scheduled for 22-27 Feb 2021. Register now for a full week of content to help you level-up as a Frontend JavaScript Developer.
00 mintestmu.ai
Stuart Day - Head of Quality, Ali Warsame - Principal QE and Coach, Adam Pike - Principal Quality Engineer and Tomi Tiihonen - Principal Performance Engineer will talk about challenges they faced and innovative solutions they brought in their QA process as part of Dunelm's digital transformation.