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title: "ReactiveConf 2018"
url: "https://www.cypress.io/blog/reactiveconf-2018"
description: "Our conference report from ReactiveConf 2018 - meetups, conference talk and workshops in Czech Republic."
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# ReactiveConf 2018

November 8, 2018

By Gleb Bahmutov

![A picture of people working together at a conference table with notepads.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/12/89/12899ca1-4786-4eea-b7e1-9c5268baa48a/content/images/2025/04/Photo-5472x3648.jpeg)

October 2018 was a great month for Cypress - we went out of Beta with our SaaS services, did a ton of work on the test runner and released [v3.1.1](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/releases/tag/v3.1.1?ref=cypress-io.ghost.io), and I did ReactiveConf Roadshow and Conference tour. This blog post summarizes what I have done during the conference. If you could not attend the ReactiveConf 2018, you can still catch up with Cypress by reading.

## Meetups

We have driven around Czech Republic with Matej Stratený and conducted 3 meetups dedicated to web application testing using Cypress. Altogether, about 150 people attended, and some of them were already using Cypress. This was a chance for me to meet our users face to face and answer A LOT of questions. My slide deck from the meetups is included below.

## ReactiveConf

After the meetups, I had the privilege of talking about Cypress test runner at the conference itself. ReactiveConf will always be a special event for Cypress team; in 2016 it was one of the first events where Cypress [was announced](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lK_ihqnQQEM&ref=cypress-io.ghost.io). In my presentation I spoke about

-   command retries built into Cypress
-   testing apps via public browser APIs
-   going from test browser context to Node context
-   declarative test syntax
-   how easy it is to [customize Cypress](https://www.cypress.io/blog/2018/10/11/halloween-theme/?ref=cypress-io.ghost.io)

You can see the slides and the video of the talk below

## Testing workshops

After the conference presentation, I had the pleasure of teaching two Cypress workshops. You can find the workshop content in [cypress-io/testing-workshop-cypress](https://github.com/cypress-io/testing-workshop-cypress?ref=cypress-io.ghost.io) repository. The day went fast - and I feel confident that the people who attended these workshops will be happy Cypress users.

## Personal impressions

I have nothing but high praise for the organizers of the ReactiveConf conference. They truly pulled a world class event. The speakers, the events, the logistics - everything was well prepared and went without a hitch. Bravo! Here they are - taking a selfie after the conference was over: Matej, Kristina, Miki and Miska.

Miss you guys already!

I also enjoyed talking, toasting and brainstorming with other speakers. Let me tell you - there might be some interesting features coming to Cypress as a result!