In April 2022, I have published my 4th book which is 100% focused on how frontend web application developer’s can leverage the wide plethora of test automation frameworks that continuously evolve and provide more and more capabilities.
The book is available on Packt website (my publisher) as well as on Amazon and other book stores globally. I got great feedback so far from the community both on the importance of this book to practitioners, as well as the specific content. The book was reviewed by Bruno Bosshard with the foreword written by Gleb Bahmutov who’s one of the core leaders of Cypress in the marketplace.
Book Structure
The book consists of 3 main sections:
Section 1: Fundamentals of Web App Testing
This sections has the following main chapters and it offers structured approach to building a solid testing strategy across all methodologies – Exploratory, Functional, Performance, API, Accessibility, and more.
Cross-Browser Testing MethodologiesChallenges Faced by Frontend Web Application DevelopersTop Web Test Automation FrameworksMatching Personas and Use Cases to Testing FrameworksIntroducing the Leading Frontend Web Development FrameworksSection 2: Continuous Testing Strategy for Web App Developer’s
This section provides an overview of the criteria that frontend web application developers should look for when choosing a test automation framework, and specifically look into test coverage strategy for web apps.
Map the Pillars of a Dev Testing Strategy for Web ApplicationsCore Capabilities of the Leading JavaScript Test Automation FrameworksMeasuring Test Coverage of the Web ApplicationSection 3: Frontend JavaScript Web Test Automation Framework Guides
The final section of the book dives deeper into the features and differences across the 4 leading web application testing frameworks, and concludes the section with an overview of some low-code testing tools that are derived from some of these testing frameworks.
Working with the Selenium FrameworkWorking with the Cypress FrameworkWorking with the Playwright FrameworkWorking with the Puppeteer FrameworkComplementing Code-Based Testing with Low-Code Test AutomationOverview of What’s Changing within Web Application Testing?
While writing the book i already became aware of few main trends that in my opinion will shape the future of the testing practice over the next few years.
Leveraging CDP to enhance test automation coverage, auditing of performance, network traffic and accessibility.Selenium 4 added support for this rich protocolPlaywright and Puppeteer are build on top of CDPCypress integrates with CDP to benefit from its core featuresIntroduction of the modern concept of Component Testing!Cypress version 10 officially supports Component Testing that allows isolation of a web application component for more rigor and focused testing.Latest Playwright release also starts referring to component testing
Cypress Component Testing of React App (source: Cypress Blog)
Built-in low-code abilities within code-based testing frameworksSelenium 4 introduces a revamped version of the Selenium IDEPlaywright offers its Code-Gen test recorderCypress integrates with the Chrome browser recorderCommunity contributions and Plugins!Open source software can only grow through its communities and the level of engagement and support that such tools receive. With all of the above frameworks we see tremendous communities that provide real-time support through slack, gitter, Discord, GIT code sample, and a lot of customized plugins. With these plugins, test frameworks like Cypress, selenium, playwright and puppeteer enhances their features to cover visual testing, integrate with CI servers, accessibility testing, code coverage, API testing, CDP integration, and much more.
Bottom line
I do hope that this book will provide value to any frontend web application developers and test automation engineers, and serve them for the coming years. The digital transformation continues to evolve with modern web apps like progressive web apps (PWAs), responsive web (RWD), Flutter, and others. With such mature testing tools, practitioners are in a great place today to cover many of the sophisticated use cases, and eliminate bugs earlier in their software iterations.
Happy Testing!
