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159 Using Regression Testing to Preempt Website Errors with Micah Godbolt - Modules Unraveled Podcast

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I’m really excited about today’s show because this is one of those topics that I know that I need to know, but don’t know where to start. So, I’m super excited that you agreed to come on and teach me what you know about regression testing!

Regression Testing

  • What do you mean when you say “Regression Testing”?
  • Why is regression testing important?
  • Is there anything to install on your computer? (Testing server)
  • What types of regression testing are there?
    • Unit/Functional (Mocha/Chai)
    • Behavioral (WebdriverIO, Behat)
      • Authenticated/Anonymous
    • Qualitative (Sasslint, JS lint, JSON lint)
    • Performance (Pagespeed, Perfbudget)
    • Visual Regression (wraith, phantomcss, webdrivercss)
      • How does this work on pages that have dynamic content. Homepage photos, comments etc.
  • Where would you start?
    • Front-end
    • Back-end
    • Site-builder

Where to learn

  • https://visualregressiontesting.com/
  • https://learn.visualregressiontesting.com/
  • Free 6 day email course