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Date Published
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Jessamyn Sweet
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780
Language
English
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None

Summary

Cypress 10.7 introduces two major updates: the return of Cypress Studio and the addition of Svelte support for Component Testing. Cypress Studio, a visual tool for generating tests without writing code, has been reintroduced due to popular demand, although it remains an experimental feature that currently supports only End-to-End Testing. Svelte support for Component Testing allows developers to build and test front-end components using Cypress's browser-based Test Runner, offering a more isolated testing environment compared to traditional unit testing frameworks like Jest. This update follows previous support for React, Vue, and Angular, and emphasizes component-driven development by enabling components to be tested independently of the main application. The process involves setting up a development server to host the Svelte components and using Cypress's mount function to integrate the testing environment. Further details and demonstrations of these features are available through Cypress's documentation and related resources.