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"In-test" vs "out-of-test" accessibility automation

Since we've opened up free trials of Cypress Accessibility in Cypress Cloud, one question we've been answering is: how is this different to just running accessibility checks using an open source package like cypress-axe? At a high level, the approach taken in Cypress Accessibility helps teams stop dealing with some of the slower and more manual aspects of collecting, triaging, and communicating about accessibility problems, so they get back to focusing on their primary tasks faster. Customers Read more
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Webinar: Future-Proofing Your Automation Pipeline

With Cypress end-to-end testing, you can feel confident that your entire app is functioning as a cohesive whole. But what about testing the visual integrity of your app to make sure that you’re avoiding rendering issues? How do you bring it all together efficiently? Cypress makes testing fast, easy, and reliable so you can rest assured your app is functioning exactly as intended on every commit. Using it with Applitools’ [https://applitools.com/?utm_source=3rd-party&utm_medium=partner&utm_conte

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Cypress Ambassador Spotlight: David Ingraham

Meet David. When he saw the opportunity to deepen his relationship with the Cypress community he didn't hesitate to get involved. As an ambassador David looks forward to contributing his knowledge to furthering the growth of those around him. What motivates you to be a Cypress Ambassador? I want to give back to the community the same way the community has given to me. I owe the majority of my Cypress knowledge to those in this program and I want to take the next step in my career and become a

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Check Out Our Experimental Release of Run All Specs

In case you missed it, we recently brought back the ability for users to run all specs and run a filtered subset of specs. This feature was a staple of many Cypress developers’ workflows, allowing them to quickly run through all of the specs that might have been affected by a code change or run their entire test suite at once while in open mode. When we released Cypress 10, we removed this feature because it did not meet the standards of stability and determinism that cypress run offers. Howeve

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Cypress Ambassador Spotlight: Chintan Shah

Meet Chintan A passionate problem solver who is driven to educate the next generation of developers. Chintan is excited to provide his experience with Cypress to users who are facing complex issues. What motivates you to be a Cypress Ambassador? Upgrading people's skill set in areas of Ui automation How do you currently help others that are either using Cypress or interested in using Cypress? Spending most of my time helping others in Cypress What is your favorite Cypress feature? Plenty,

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Cypress Ambassador Spotlight: Alain Chautard

Meet Alain. As a GDE (Angular), tech trainer and teacher, Alain was the perfect candidate for the Ambassador program! His passion for  helping others learn and grow will bring value to community members and the issues they are experiencing. What motivates you to be a Cypress Ambassador? Helping others is the most rewarding thing one can do. I've been teaching web development for years, and seeing people grow and transform their careers as a result is fantastic. As a Cypress Ambassador, I'm lo

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New for Cypress Cloud: Run duration analytics, recommendations, and configurable Auto Cancellation

Today, we're excited to announce the release of a new update to Cypress Cloud with all new test run analytics and actionable recommendations for how to optimize your test suite’s performance in CI. Run duration analytics Now available on the Run Overview [http://on.cypress.io/runs] page is a new trends visualization that displays the current and historical run durations of your branch’s test suite. For each test run displayed in the chart, you can hover to explore the test run’s status, run du

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Cypress Ambassador Spotlight: Vipul Goyal

Meet Vipul. A true believer of Communal Learning. He is committed to facilitating logical debate as a tool for learning. Vipul is excited to bring his certified training methods to the Cypress community. What motivates you to be a Cypress Ambassador? Technology is something which inspires me, and Cypress is one of those technologies which constantly presents new challenges, learnings and, most importantly, a panacea to real-time problems. For the past couple of years, Cypress has been my best

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Learn the value of component testing for developers

What Cypress Component Testing Means for Developers

Recently, we launched Component Testing to GA! In this blog series, we’re going to break down how Component Testing brings layered benefits to different parts of your team or organization. If you’re wondering why you and your team should adopt Component Testing, this series is for you! In this first post, we’ll dive into Component Testing benefits for developers. Let’s start with the development workflow. Cypress Component Testing is a leap forward in the experience of writing component tests,

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Cypress Ambassador Spotlight: David Avila

What motivates you to be a Cypress Ambassador? I am most excited to give back to the community in any way shape or form. I enjoy learning new things, especially about Cypress. How do you currently help others that are either using Cypress or interested in using Cypress? In my off time I mentor others that want to get into STEM. I specifically help with learning about web development and Cypress. What is your favorite Cypress feature? My favorite feature in cypress is the test runner and the

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