Cypress is currently one of the most popular test automation frameworks out there in the JavaScript community. With so many plugins that it can integrate to, one can actually leverage Cypress beyond just testing an application’s functionality whether it’s to perform API testing, accessibility, performance or visual testing. In the interest of time, the session will focus on how one can leverage Cypress to do visual testing. Marie be giving an overview as to what the benefits are in doing automated visual testing, the different visual testing plugins that one can use and importantly key things to consider when doing visual testing. There will also be a code walkthrough to show how easy it is to install some of these plugins.

Key takeaways:

– Understand how Cypress can be used to perform visual testing with the help of various plugins

– Know and understand the different things that must be considered when introducing visual testing to teams

– Learn how to integrate a few visual testing plugins into a Cypress framework