Cypress is a test runner built for the modern web. It has a lot of great features:
- Time travel
- Real-time reloads
- Automatic waiting
- Spies, stubs, and clocks
- Network traffic control
- Screenshots and videos
Setting Up Cypress
Info about Cypress Component Testing can be found here
If the @nrwl/cypress
package is not installed, install the version that matches your nx
package version.
yarn add --dev @nrwl/cypress
npm install --save-dev @nrwl/cypress
E2E Testing
By default, when creating a new frontend application, Nx will use Cypress to create the e2e tests project.
nx g @nrwl/web:app frontend
Creating a Cypress E2E project for an existing project
To generate an E2E project based on an existing project, run the following generator
nx g @nrwl/cypress:cypress-project your-app-name-e2e --project=your-app-name
Optionally, you can use the --baseUrl
option if you don't want cypress plugin to serve your-app-name
.
nx g @nrwl/cypress:cypress-project your-app-name-e2e --baseUrl=http://localhost:4200
Replace your-app-name
with the app's name as defined in your workspace.json
file.
Testing Applications
Run nx e2e frontend-e2e
to execute e2e tests with Cypress.
You can run your e2e test against a production build with the --prod
flag
nx e2e frontend-e2e --prod
By default, Cypress will run in headless mode. You will have the result of all the tests and errors (if any) in your terminal. Screenshots and videos will be accessible in dist/cypress/apps/frontend/screenshots
and dist/cypress/apps/frontend/videos
.
Watching for Changes (Headed Mode)
With, nx e2e frontend-e2e --watch
Cypress will start in headed mode where you can see your application being tested.
Running Cypress with --watch
is a great way to enhance dev workflow - you can build up test files with the application running and Cypress will re-run those tests as you enhance and add to the suite.
nx e2e frontend-e2e --prod
Specifying a Custom Url to Test
The baseUrl
property provides you the ability to test an application hosted on a specific domain.
nx e2e frontend-e2e --baseUrl=https://frontend.com
If no
baseUrl
and nodevServerTarget
are provided, Cypress will expect to have thebaseUrl
property in the cypress config file, or will error.
Using cypress.config.ts
If you need to fine tune your Cypress setup, you can do so by modifying cypress.config.ts
in the project root. For instance, you can easily add your projectId
to save all the screenshots and videos into your Cypress dashboard. The complete configuration is documented on the official website.