The landscape of frontend testing

From unit testing to visual-regression testing to even testing accessibility, the list of frameworks that help you test your codealready quite a large landscapecontinues to grow over time. Alicia Sedlock gives an overview of the state of frontend testing and explains how you should go about choosing which tests work best for your product.

You may have heard that testing your code is considered a best practice. And you may have looked into testing frameworks to incorporate into your products. But the sheer size of the landscape makes choosing a framework daunting or even frustrating. Unit testing, acceptance testing, visual-regression testing. . .just figuring out where to begin is overwhelming. Should you incorporate all the testing frameworks? Which frameworks will give your team the most help and stability possible? Even when you do choose a framework, many resources are unwelcoming to those new to testing their code; assumed prior knowledge may prove a barrier to new testers. Alicia Sedlock helps attendees navigate testing frameworks and start incorporating them into their products. Alicia covers the different areas of frontend testing: what kinds of tests you can write, what the value of each type is, and which frameworks you should look into for your own teams. You’ll gain an understanding of which frameworks present the most up-front benefits and which offer the best long-term benefits.