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# e2e-testing
  • f
    Would you mind sharing your solution? Questions tend to come up more than once on here
  • r
    for which one? i fixed two questions i asked here today
  • f
    In that case, both Remember this is largely run by volunteers so you won’t get answers straight away. It’s great that you figured out your problems. Maybe pay it forward and help the next person who encounters the issue?
  • r
    ```js
  • r
    Does anyone know how we can change the
  • r
    Hey, sure. I mean people can just ping me if they wanted to know. Like you did.
  • r
    Copy code
    ts
describe('Initialization', () => {
  it('Should change viewport to desktop resolution', () => {
    initializeDesktopV2();
  });
  it('Should load the page', () => {
    cy.visitPage('/', 'landing-page');
  });
});
    Hey is this the proper way to write this? Basically what I want is some code that applies for ALL tests in the CURRENTLY TESTED file.
  • r
    I cannot use 
    before
    or 
    beforeEach
    because it requires at least 1 test for it to work. I can put it inside a 
    describe
    block where 
    it
    is used but then it it doesn't really belong to all tests in the file.
  • r
    hope my explanation & reasoning makes sense. I hope there is a better way to do this though
  • f
    It's a bit of an anti pattern as you've got dependencies between tests. Why not use 
    context()
    instead?
  • r
    What do you mean? Context is just an arbitrary name no?
  • f
    Yes, but 
    it()
    is normally used for when you’re actually performing steps to test something. But you’re using an 
    it()
    to perform setup for the second scenario, no?
  • r
    I edited my snippet, cuz it was a bit outdated. Well I am not allowed to use anything other than 
    it
  • r
    "It should load the page"
  • r
    But anyway, I need to set some initial values for all my tests. What is the best way to go about that regardless of the naming?
  • f
    beforeEach()
  • r
    i dont need to load the page on each test
  • f
    Ok, but you can set the initial values in the 
    beforeEach()
  • r
    Well yeah I know but did you see this:
  • f
    This doesn’t really make sense. If you have a test with an 
    it()
    block, you can have a 
    beforeEach()
  • r
    I know but did u also see this:
  • r
    I can put my init values in the before() but I want it to be applied for the entire scope of the test file, not just one testing block
  • f
    That’s not really how cypress works. As Cypress runs in the browser, a lot of the context is wiped between 
    it()
    blocks, so setup steps, aliases, etc, are best placed in a 
    beforeEach()
    .
  • r
    i mean the code already works. im still confused
  • f
    Well, your initial question was if your way was the ‘proper’ way, and I don’t believe it is. The self-imposed constraints you have around 
    before
    and `beforeEach`seem unnecessary to me. There’s my thoughts on the matter. I can’t offer more than that
  • a
    Thank you !
  • f
    In that case you can write some code in before() that checks if the prerequisites (aka your testdata) is already loaded or not (by adding some boolean somewhere for example). So it will run only the first time.
  • c
    Hi guys, I need help for component testing aurelia app, Is there any documentation or sample for Aurelia component testing, please guide me . Thanks
  • f
    i'm getting this error when migrating to version 10, can someone help me with this.
  • g
    you can use cypress-data-session to do this. You would put it inside 
    beforeEach
    but the data is cached and only initialized once (and can be recomputed if needed)
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