Test Automation Weekly

A free, once-weekly newsletter of Test Automation articles, news, and cool projects. #softwaretesting #testautomation

[Test Automation Weekly @testingdigest]

Hi there 👋

Issue #29 is out now 🔥
#javascript #testing

Thanks a lot for brilliant articles:

@talkor_ @strzibnyj @golang @tweagio @linkdd @jarbon @melaniersumner @filip_hric @_Capocaccia @patrickbrosset @bahmutov @dennmart @howToCodeWell and more 👏

https://t.co/kt50a3dCHE

[Abhishek @HeyAbhishek]

ChatGPT can now create Mind Maps.

No more wasting hundreds of hours making visuals for studying or simplifying complex ideas.

Here’s how to do it for free in a few seconds:

[Yevhen Laichenkov @elaichenkov]

Happy to launch Cypress Quiz! Challenge yourself with fun questions about @Cypress_io.

#cypressquiz #cypress #testing #automated #javascript

https://t.co/P21w4f9a9b

[Cory House @housecor]

A recipe for fast, reliable end-to-end tests (no mocks):

1. Create a test DB instance.

2. Create SQL scripts to populate the test DB with enough data to test the app.

3. Create an automated process to quickly reset the test DB.

4. Reset the DB before starting the test suite.

5. (optional) For more speed and reliability, create one DB per test and run the tests in parallel.

[Vite ⚡ @vite_js]

Vite 5.2 is out! ⚡️

🔐 CSP nonce and require-trusted-types-for support
🧩 import.meta.filename/dirname support in SSR
🧙‍♂️ shiki+twoslash powered code snippets in docs
⏩ Update to esbuild 0.20
🛠️ Significant fixes across the board
https://t.co/iFeTodQEd6

[Vite ⚡ @vite_js]

Vite 5.1 is out! ⚡️

🛠️ Experimental Vite Runtime API (vite-node into core), unlocking HMR for SSR and running code using Vite plugins in any environment
🔥 Dev server performance improvements
✨ import `css?url` support and more!
https://t.co/WKVBJqApqh

[Test Automation Weekly @testingdigest]

Congratulations 🎉

[Vite ⚡ @vite_js]

10M weekly npm downloads! ⚡️
Vite downloads are a reflection of the constant growth of a lot of projects! Kudos to all the teams in the ecosystem that keep working together to improve our shared base 💜

[Cory House @housecor]

Problem: Your code base probably contains a lot of copy/pasted code, but it's hard to find.

Solution: jscpd

jscpd is a command line tool that finds copy/pasted code and reports specific duplicated lines.

Works for over 150 languages.

Example report:

[Shruti @heyshrutimishra]

🚨 Breaking news:

Google just launched LUMIERE, and it's crazy.

This is going to transform the future of VIDEO forever

Here are 5 stunning examples you can't miss out on: 🧵

[Deno @deno_land]

📢 Deno 1.40 is released!

- Temporal API
- import.meta.filename and import.meta.dirname
- Web standard decorators
- WebGPU windowing
- Node.js compatibility improvements
- Simpler imports in deno.json
- Better looking diagnostics

Full release notes: https://t.co/VpjGN8CbdC

[Test Automation Weekly @testingdigest]

Must read!

[Yevhen Laichenkov @elaichenkov]

🎉Excited to share my new @Cypress_io article! Uncover lesser-known tips, from nailing '.then()' vs '.should()' to smart Docker choices 🐳. A must-read for anyone looking to level up their testing skills.
#cypress #javascript #testing #tutorial

https://t.co/YGvNJFaVBY

[Test Automation Weekly @testingdigest]

Doorman. You can easily connect and open the test cases from your @code

https://t.co/fgNSy2PNoo

[Jared Palmer @jaredpalmer]

What is the 🐐 VSCode extension and why?

[Visual Studio Code @code]

We know a lot of you prefer to git from the terminal instead of the built-in source control view.

And we don't want you to feel left out of all this AI goodness.

So we made this for you...

[freeCodeCamp.org @freeCodeCamp]

Linux is a popular operating system with SysAdmins and devs.

And @beaucarnes created 2 in-depth beginner courses for you – here's the first one.

In it, he goes through the major distro families and gives you an in-depth overview of how to use Linux.

https://t.co/0nCP5osJek

[Cory House @housecor]

In TypeScript, I often prefer to use a Record over a switch statement.

✅ It's easy to read.
✅ It's typically less code.
✅ It's safer. With a switch, I have to do extra work to assure it's exhaustive. With a Record, if I forget to handle a case, it won't compile.

[Kirk Borne @KirkDBorne]

This #GitHub repository (with 100+ case studies) contains everything you need to become proficient in System Design: https://t.co/iLL2My5MRo by @NainaChaturved8

[Yevhen Laichenkov @elaichenkov]

🎉As 2023 winds down, let's look back at the most popular @Cypress_io plugins! Proud to unveil my new article "The Most Popular Cypress Packages of 2023". Discover what made the cut and why!
#cypress #testing #javascript #opensource

https://t.co/e419ep3b4O

[freeCodeCamp.org @freeCodeCamp]

ChatGPT is a pretty handy tool - and building your own version may seem out of reach.

But it's not. You can create your own AI-powered chatbot with chat completion functionality.

@eberetwit shows you how to do it using OpenAI, ChatGPT, Node.js, & React.

https://t.co/0eDtPspdsE

[Cory House @housecor]

This is what it looks like to colocate related code.

Long paths like this: "../../../../"

Become short paths: "./"

I like diffs like this. 👍

[Sam Altman @sama]

it’s been a crazy year.

i’m grateful that we put a tool out in the world that people really love and get so much benefit from.

more than that, i am glad that 2023 was the year the world started taking AI seriously.

[Yevhen Laichenkov @elaichenkov]

🚀 Just released my new @Cypress_io plugin! It upgrades the cy.log() command to show log messages in the Cypress UI or in your terminal, adapting to how tests are running. Super handy for everyone. Read more about it in my article.
#cypress #testing

https://t.co/Ye8TsyQ7os