Testing presents many issues. When testing in the browser, we need to get pages full of realistic data in order to mimic user interactions. But sometimes that's easier said than done.

Clean up test data with a Playwright fixture

Playwright fixtures help set up environments for each test to run in. They are great when dealing with repeated tasks like authentication. Big blocks of code that do what they need to do well.

Passing options to Playwright fixtures

Writing tests can be hard. Browser-based tests even more so. They can be slow, brittle and hard to maintain. Playwright makes tests a lot easier to reason with, but developers can still be put off by the time it takes to get up and running. For applications requiring authentication it adds another layer of complication to the process.

Playwright fixtures for authentication

98% of homepages online have some kind of accessibility issue. By automatically checking for common problems with Pa11y, we can be more confident that we are not accidentally adding any new ones into the codebase.

Test a site's accessibility with Pa11y

Redux is a powerful tool to have at your disposal. The data for the entire application all in one place. With that in mind, it's important to make sure that it keeps working as you expect it to.

Write tests for React-based Redux apps

Making things for the web is endlessly complicated nowadays. There's so much to choose - the framework, the tooling, the asset management. Try as we might, testing ends up further down the list than it should. In the latest Net magazine I run down ten different ways to use testing to make a better product.

10 Tips For Better Testing

Let's face it. Working with JavaScript can takes its toll on the hardiest developer. Anything that can make that experience better is a welcome addition. Thankfully, in the latest Net Magazine there's 25 different things to help you out.

25 Game-changing JavaScript Tools

Love them or hate them, tests are the backbone of any major project. A great place to start is the humble unit test. But what is a unit test? How do you use them in React applications? The latest edition of Web Designer is here to help you out.

Testing React Components with Jest and Enzyme

The brand new edition of Web Designer is now on sale! This one contains a little more me than usual (assuming that's a good thing...)

Delivering First-Class JavaScript

Kinect’s just over a year old, now. Despite earlier this week Microsoft telling us they sold 18 million units in it's first year, scenes like this are all too familiar...

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