Writing Your First Test in Cypress

 ✅ Writing Your First Test in Cypress

Cypress is a modern JavaScript-based testing framework used for end-to-end testing of web applications. It’s known for being easy to set up and powerful for UI testing.


🛠 Step 1: Install Cypress

If you haven’t already, set up a Node.js project and install Cypress:


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npm init -y

npm install cypress --save-dev

To open Cypress for the first time:


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npx cypress open

This will open the Cypress Test Runner and generate a cypress folder with some sample tests.


📁 Step 2: Create a New Test File

Go to the folder:

cypress/e2e (or cypress/integration in older versions)


Create a new file:

first_test.cy.js


🧪 Step 3: Write Your First Cypress Test

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describe('My First Test', () => {

  it('Visits the example website and checks content', () => {

    cy.visit('https://example.cypress.io')          // Visit a webpage

    cy.contains('type').click()                     // Click on a button or link

    cy.url().should('include', '/commands/actions') // Assert URL contains text

    cy.get('.action-email')                         // Get an input field

      .type('test@example.com')                     // Type into it

      .should('have.value', 'test@example.com')     // Assert value

  })

})

▶️ Step 4: Run the Test

Run Cypress: npx cypress open


Click your test file (first_test.cy.js) in the Cypress Test Runner


Watch the test execute in the Cypress GUI


🧠 What’s Happening?

describe() defines a test suite


it() defines a single test case


cy.visit() opens a web page


cy.contains() finds and clicks an element


cy.url().should() verifies the page URL


cy.get().type().should() interacts with input fields and asserts results


📌 Tip:

Use Cypress Studio (built into Cypress) to record actions interactively, and turn them into test code — great for beginners!

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