Why We Automated Our Frontend Testing at Luciq

As the complexity of their application increased, the team decided to implement automated front-end testing to enhance their delivery process while maintaining efficiency. Automation allowed them to test both simple and complex scenarios in a browser environment, simulating real user interactions and ensuring changes did not inadvertently introduce bugs. After evaluating several technologies, the team selected Cypress for its ease of learning, configurability, and active community support. Integrating automation testing into their workflow facilitated safe code migration, reduced manual testing effort, and accelerated their release process by integrating test automation into their CI/CD pipeline. The integration of automation into their development process, including combining their main application and automation repositories, simplified management and release. The adoption of Cypress played a significant role in confidently migrating to VueJS, discovering bugs early, and optimizing testing efforts for larger applications, emphasizing the importance of automation for freeing up resources for more critical tasks.