LinkedIn - Chronicles of the Kethaneum Testing Update

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𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐊𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐮𝐦 𝐓𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐔𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞!

Guess who's got two thumbs and Cypress automated tests? Me! 😁👍🏽👍🏽

So as I mused in my last post, I realized could use Cypress to automate my tests and reduce the testing time for my changes. This game is made completely of html, JavaScript, and CSS so it's perfect for Cypress. Therefore, that is what I am implementing, today, to help keep momentum as I work with my AIs to develop the game.

What you see in the pictures below are the tests I have written so far running in the Cypress App. Yes I actually wrote them, not my usual AIs. 😂 But it was made much easier by the predictive suggestions that appear in Cypress. It helps to manage the learning curve and get the basic tests written out faster. So now I am free to dip my toes into test driven development.

The failing test displayed below is actually for a text change I already know I need to make. I need to rename the button so that it is better for accessibility. (Yes I'm making the game accessible is my stretch goal. I even have some ideas about how to make the word search grid more accessible but that is the stretch stretch goal 😅) So the test will fail until that bug is finally at the top of the list to fix. But, because I have written the test like this, I will keep getting reminders that this bug is still out in the wild. Hehe, I can just hear that test telling me to get cracking on that bug list, already. 🤭

Nonetheless, this game is a great learning experience in that I get to keep practicing developing, testing, and developing tests to automate the testing. Just you all wait, Chronicles of the Kethaneum is going to be absolutely Awesome by the time we get to version 1.0!

As usual, I am still on the hunt for my next job opportunity, 𝐬𝐨 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐦𝐞 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐐𝐀 𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫. But even if you don't have job news to pass along, feel free to connect to talk about this game or my processes.

Have a great day everybody. 😊👋🏽

Thanks for the handy dandy test automation tool Cypress.io 😊Regression test run at the click of a button? Yes please! 😁

Automated game testing set up using the Cypress test automation tool.

The test is already doing its job catching bugs.