Cypress: The Web Testing Framework of the Moment
Key takeawaysCypress runs in the browser alongside your app, which makes debugging far more direct.It suits front-end integration tests better than cross-browser coverage.Its retry behaviour hides flakiness. Investigate a test ...
Using Selenium IDE Record and Playback tool
Key takeawaysSelenium IDE is the fastest way to capture a journey, and the worst way to maintain one.Use it to draft a test, then export and clean up the locators.Recorded ...
Using TestCafe for End to End Testing
Key takeawaysTestCafe runs without WebDriver, which removes most of the setup friction.Its automatic waiting cuts the flakiness that manual sleeps introduce.End to end tests are expensive, so keep them to ...
Chrome Extension for Google Lighthouse as a service
Key takeawaysRunning Lighthouse from an extension gives you an audit without leaving the page you are testing.One-off audits vary. Schedule them if you want a trend rather than a snapshot.Treat ...
What is First Meaningful Paint (FMP)?
Key takeawaysFMP tried to capture when the main content appeared, rather than the first pixel.It proved hard to measure consistently and has largely been replaced by LCP.Use LCP for anything ...
What is First Paint (FP) in Modern Performance Metrics?
Key takeawaysFirst Paint is the moment any pixel changes, which can be a background colour.It is a weak signal alone, since it does not mean anything useful is visible.Track it ...
What is First Contentful Paint?
Key takeawaysFCP marks when the user first sees something, which is when a page stops feeling broken.It is usually delayed by render-blocking CSS and fonts.Improving FCP does not help if ...
Why Should You Run Load Tests Every Day?
Key takeawaysDaily tests catch regressions while the change that caused them is still obvious.A small scheduled test is worth more than an occasional exhaustive one.Alert on threshold breaches, since a ...
What is Disaster Recovery Testing in Software Testing?
Key takeawaysA recovery plan that has never been executed is an assumption, not a plan.Test the restore, not just the backup; backups fail silently at restore time.Measure how long recovery ...
What is Stress Testing in Software Testing?
Key takeawaysStress testing pushes past expected load to find the breaking point and the failure mode.How the system recovers matters as much as where it broke.Run it deliberately and in ...
