Episode 9 - Front-end testing with Lucas da Costa

20minJS

In this episode Lucas and I talk about front-end testing. What is testing, what type of tests are there and what kind of tools do front-end developers have to tackle these tasks. Those are all questions that get answered, so pay attention!
We also dicuss a bit about his latest book, "Testing JavaScript Applications" by Manning.
Get in touch with Lucas:

• Blog: https://lucasfcosta.com/
• Twitter: @thewizardlucas
• Github: lucasfcosta

Lucas' favorite tools:

• Jest
• SinonJS
• Cypress
• Playwright

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Chapters

1. Episode 9 - Front-end testing with Lucas da Costa (00:00:00)

2. Who is Lucas? (00:01:23)

3. What is testing? (00:02:53)

4. The testing Pyramid (00:05:37)

5. On TDD (00:14:11)

6. What is 100% coverage and should you aim for it? (00:18:01)

7. On trusing your tests (00:21:09)

8. Should developers test their own features? (00:24:43)

9. Thoughts on the QA professional and their role (00:26:23)

10. Preferred JavaScript testing tools (00:28:45)

11. About "Testing JavaScript applications" (00:31:11)

12. What's the best advice ever received? (00:33:04)

13. His most exciting project (00:34:19)

14. One thing he regrets not knowing before starting to code (00:35:55)

15. Where can people find him? (00:37:12)