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Ruby on Rails

Switch Rails Database Connections While Running Cypress Tests

This setup will switch the database connection when the Cypress tests are running so it won't muddy up the data in other database environments.
Web Apps

Running End to End Cypress in a Google Cloud Build Pipeline

Here's the next installment of our series on adding end-to-end Cypress to a web app, discussing how we ran tests in a Google Cloud Build test pipeline.
Web Apps

Adding End to End Cypress to a Web Project Part 3: Getting Set Up with Cypress & Seeding the Database Between Tests

This post will cover the basics of getting Cypress installed and ready to go, writing a placeholder test, and resetting the test database between tests.
Exploratory Testing

Test Timers and Reduce the Wait with Cypress’ Cy.Clock

Testing timers reliably is difficult in manual tests. To avoid waiting, Cypress has a built-in method cy.clock() that turns coders into Time Lords.
Developer Tools

How to Fix a Prisma Library Load Problem with Cypress on macOS

Here's how to fix the "Unable to Load Node-API Library" error that can come up when trying to use Prisma in Cypress tasks on macOS.
Web Apps

Adding End to End Cypress to a Web Project Part 2: Seeding the Test Data

In part two of this guide to adding e2e Cypress, we'll discuss how to generate and seed a test data set for a PostgreSQL database.
Web Apps

Adding End to End Cypress to a Web Project Part 1: Setting Up the Infrastructure

Setting up end-to-end Cypress testing from scratch for an existing application can be a bit intimidating, so we broke the process down into smaller steps.
Web Apps

Cypress in Docker with VNC

This post describes the dependencies and configuration needed to run X11, a VNC server, and to get Cypress running in a Docker container.
Exploratory Testing

Testing Nested Components Reliably with Cypress

Testing nested components in Cypress can result in some flakey tests. Merging selector statements to use built-in retries will improve test accuracy.
Developer Tools

Cypress Tasks vs. Commands: What Are They and When to Use Them

Learn the key differences and usages of Cypress commands and tasks so that you are better equipped for writing successful end-to-end tests.
Web Apps

3 Practices to Reduce Flakiness in Cypress Tests

Flaky tests can be difficult to identify and troubleshoot. Here are a few practices to reduce flakiness when using Cypress tests.
Web Apps

How to Make Writing Performance Tests Easy With Cypress

Performance tests can be used to track app performance over time. Here’s a quick overview of how to track page load for a web app with Cypress tests.

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