Understanding the choice of Cypress for e2e testing

[jnarowski]

I've used nightwatch in my past e2e testing fairly successfully. Cypress seems like a very user friendly and pretty alternative, but it also will add a cost to the testing stack - looks like $99 once they launch pricing.

I just wanted to understand the choice of Cypress for e2e testing and how to best leverage it.

[chrisvfritz]

I'll add more notes about this in the doc, but the short answer is they provide a development environment to help you:

• Travel through time to dissect the source of a problem when a test fails
• Discover how to write selectors/tests for various parts of your app, by inspecting that part of the page.
• Easily test in a wide range of screen sizes
• Automatically record video and screenshots of your tests

And all of that will remain free, as it's all done through their MIT-licensed client. The part they'll eventually be charging for is their dashboard service, which offers even more benefits. 😻

[jnarowski]

Love it. It's a great service. Nightwatch can be limited. I've found it difficult to debug. Will be diving into Cypress soon.