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Learn Cypress - Pre-Requisites Skills & Environment Setup
Before touching Cypress, you need to master the fundamentals of HTML, CSS, DOM, and HTTP, plus JavaScript and Node.js as your main foundation. In this episode you will also set up Node.js, a package manager, an IDE, a browser, Git, and then verify your first environment.
August 10, 2026
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Learn Cypress - History, Background & Why Choose Cypress
This episode explores the history and background behind Cypress, its evolution from a personal project into an open-source framework, the advantages of real-time reload and automatic waiting, and comparisons with Selenium, Playwright, and Jest to decide when to choose Cypress.
August 10, 2026
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Learn Cypress - Core Concepts & Cypress Architecture
This episode opens the hood on Cypress: the Test Runner, Dashboard, and plugin components, the two-process architecture in the browser and Node.js, the test lifecycle with hooks, and the project structure and basic configuration in cypress.config.js.
August 10, 2026
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Learn Cypress - Installation & Basic Configuration
This episode walks you through installing Cypress as a dev dependency, opening the Test Runner for the first time, writing the first spec, configuring cypress.config.js with baseUrl and timeouts, and adding a test script to package.json.
August 10, 2026
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Learn Cypress - Writing Basic Cypress Tests
This episode teaches Cypress's core commands: cy.visit for navigation, cy.get for selecting elements, actions like clicks and typing, assertions with should and contains, form interactions, and debugging techniques directly in the browser.
August 10, 2026
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Learn Cypress - Automatic Waiting & Retries
This episode dissects Cypress's automatic waiting: how to wait for elements without manual sleeps, retry-ability on commands and assertions, handling timing issues, and best practices for reliable, non-flaky tests.
August 10, 2026
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Learn Cypress - Fixtures & Test Data
This episode covers test data management: storing static data in cypress/fixtures, loading JSON via cy.fixture, data-driven testing with external datasets, and mocking data and request stubs with cy.intercept.
August 10, 2026
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Learn Cypress - Custom Commands & Utilities
This episode covers extending Cypress: adding custom commands in commands.js with Cypress.Commands.add, creating reusable helpers for test flows, configuring baseUrl and environment vars, and organizing test utilities.
August 10, 2026
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Learn Cypress - Advanced Interactions
This episode covers advanced interactions: handling iframes, popups, and multiple windows, drag and drop, uploads, keyboard events, testing single-page apps with dynamic content, and network stubbing with cy.intercept.
August 10, 2026
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Learn Cypress - Component Testing
This episode covers component testing with Cypress for React, Vue, and Angular, setting up the component test environment, behavior-based component assertions, and integration with Storybook and UI libraries.
August 10, 2026
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