Thursday
Room 2 - Level 3
15:00 - 16:00
(UTC±00)
Talk (60 min)
Front End Testing with GitHub Actions
While testing is important, we’d much prefer if we didn’t have to think about it, if it just happened like magic.
We know we have to write tests to make sure the buttons can be clicked, the data can be received and the page continues to look the way it should, but once the tests are written, are they actually being run?
We’ve been integrating our end to end tests to ensure they run on every commit or every pull request, but front end tests require a live version of our website to run tests, you can read CSS code in a pull request but that doesn’t tell you if it’s affecting the website the way you intended it to. Thankfully GitHub Actions makes it easy to fix this, to get a live version of our website and run our front end tests against it *before* the code gets merged and deployed.
Together we’ll build out an action workflow (that can be integrated with your existing end to end tests if you’ve got them), write some front end tests and put together a bulletproof continuous deployment pipeline.
Amy Kapernick
Amy is a business owner, senior developer, mentor and international conference speaker. She has a passion for sharing knowledge with the community with a focus on nurturing the next generation of developers. This has led to her organising and volunteering at events, running technical workshops, and writing and producing her own video content. She also regularly presents and keynotes at events all over the world, informing and entertaining audiences from a variety of industries and backgrounds.
A familiar face in the developer community Amy volunteers her time with several groups, including DDD Perth as Vice Chair and Director of Conference Content, Perth Azure User Group as one of the organising team and She Codes as a regular mentor. These contributions are not unnoticed, as she’s been recognised as a Microsoft MVP and a Twilio Champion since 2019 for her contributions to the tech community and ongoing commitment to helping those around her.