End to End Testing Single Page Apps & APIs with Cucumber.js and Puppeteer - LNUG - April 2018

[@jasonellington2157]

is there a repo where you implemented cucumber and puppeteer available?

[@pauljensen9511]

@@saurabhkapoor16 That's the one. Thanks for sharing that.

[@szarkul]

I cannot find part related to API...

[@arturmuradov3740]

still relevant in 2020. Thank you so much!

[@pauljensen9511]

Glad you liked it - I've been using Cucumber since 2010 and it feels like one of those technologies that will stand the test of time whilst tech stacks change - ask anyone who used to use jQuery back then and now uses React.

[@Epro95]

Puppeteer now supports firefox (experimental) Works well in all of my tests

[@pauljensen9511]

I will have to give that a try - also want to give Playwright a spin as well.

[@jitenderchand656]

Multiple scenario on single feature file?

[@pauljensen9511]

Yes, I tend to group a set of scenarios for a particular user flow in one file. That particular project (Dashku) currently has 79 scenarios, so it helps to group related scenarios.

[@jonyzhu6531]

The presumption of the "Product Guy" has a clear mind doesn't exit. The GAP is not between users or product manages with the developers, IT IS the users or product managers themselves: no clear ideas. This is not a complain, just telling the truth of the real world.

[@pauljensen9511]

I know exactly what you mean - good product managers talk to real potential customers and test out ideas with them via prototypes, whereas some startup types tend to just make assumptions about what customers want and then blame sales reps when the product that was built doesn't sell (I saw that first-hand at a previous company). Some good books that can help avoid these problems are Eric Ries' "The Lean Startup" (a well-known and highly-regarded book), and "Customers Included" by Mark Hurst - which has an jaw-dropping tale of an expensive and wasteful approach to monitoring the US-Mexico border on the state of Arizona, and demonstrates the importance of talking to customers.