Testing

Using Playwright in combination with the Microsoft Dev Proxy on GitHub Actions

March 29, 2024

Part of the process of testing the Microsoft Dev Proxy on GitHub Actions, was to use it in combination with Playwright. The advantage of this combination is that you can use the same mocked API responses which you use during development to test your solutions. info That way you do not have to write additional code to mock your APIs in Playwright like I explained in the Test the unexpected API results with Playwright mocking article.

Locally verifying GitHub Actions Job Summaries

March 11, 2024

GitHub Actions Job Summaries are a great way to provide more information on your job’s output. This summary is shown in the Actions tab of your repository. Show image GitHub Actions reporter for Playwright with details markup info You can read more about it on Supercharging GitHub Actions with Job Summaries In this post, I’ll explain how you can locally develop and test your GitHub Actions Job Summary outputs using the @actions/core dependency.

The Playwright Reporter for GitHub Actions

August 28, 2023

For developers leveraging GitHub Actions to automate workflows E2E tests, Playwright provides excellent documentation on its use with GitHub Actions. By default, the setup uses the HTML reporter, offering a detailed look at test results. However, I found myself longing for a more straightforward overview of these results. This led me to develop a GitHub Actions reporter.

Test the unexpected API results with Playwright mocking

August 25, 2023

When building applications, you can expect things to go wrong. For instance, calls you make to APIs like a server issue, incorrect formatted body, throttling, and much more. A great tool to locally test these unexpected scenarios is Microsoft 365 Developer Proxy which can be used for both Microsoft 365 APIs, but also for any other APIs.

End-to-End Test Microsoft 365 Solutions with Playwright

August 24, 2023

In the past, I have written a couple of articles about end-to-end (E2E) testing your SharePoint/Microsoft Teams solutions with Cypress, Puppeteer, and Playwright. I was a big fan of Cypress, but I must admit that Playwright caught up and became my favorite tool for E2E testing. For me, the most significant advantage of Cypress was the visual UI for running your tests, but the main disadvantage was its use of an iframe, which caused issues for testing SharePoint and Microsoft Teams.

Why I picked Cypress over Selenium

September 2, 2020

For the PnP Virtual Conference, I did a talk about how to start with UI testing. During the session, someone asked me why my preference is Cypress and not Selenium. As the session was only 30 minutes, it is hard to fit every bits and piece in it. That is the intention of this article to tell you why we are using Cypress.