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166 - 5 ways to Speed up Cypress automation tests

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    Being on call sucks by Bobbie Chen

    https://bobbiechen.com/blog/2022/7/20/being-on-call-sucks

    Testing links in Cypress by Filip Hric

    https://filiphric.com/testing-links-with-cypress

    Enabling typescript in Symfony Webpack encore

    https://symfony.com/doc/current/frontend/encore/typescript.html

    How to secure applications on Kubernetes (SSL TLS certificates) by AVM Consulting Blog

    https://medium.com/avmconsulting-blog/how-to-secure-applications-on-kubernetes-ssl-tls-certificates-8f7f5751d788

    How to speed up Cypress automation tests by FeldsparTech

    https://www.feldspartech.com/post/how-to-speed-up-cypress-automation-tests


    How to speed up Cypress tests

    In general

    1. Discover how slow your tests are to start begin with
    2. Don’t speed up your tests if you don’t need too
    3. Work on the tests that take the longest. List all tests that take over x seconds/minutes and work on those
    4. A small improvement can give you big gains in the long run
    5. Only test what you need too and when you need too

      6. Cypress

      1. Group similar tests together into a single test
      2. Separate tests that don’t need state, change of state or require a fixed state
      3. Pay attention on the before and beforeEach hooks
      4. Disable the video and screenshot creation on automatic builds
      5. Enable video and screenshot creation on manual/nightly builds
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