Uploaded April 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
In this video, learn how creating similar Cypress tests can slow down your end-to-end test suite. Find out how to measure the runtime of your end-to-end test suite, consolidate similar Cypress tests to speed up your test suite, and learn the tradeoffs between combining end-to-end tests and keeping them separate.
Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:09 Recap of previous video
00:19 Learning goals for this video
00:39 Reminder instructions for running demo app and Cypress test suite
00:51 Identifying another user scenario for a happy path end-to-end test
01:22 Copy and paste a previous end-to-end test for the new test
01:30 Use `it.only` to temporarily only run the new test
01:37 Modify pasted Cypress test for the new user scenario under test
02:16 Save file to verify new happy path test runs successfully
02:29 Reminder that end-to-end tests are slow
02:43 Use `it.only` to additionally run the previous “update task” test
02:59 Analyzing Cypress end-to-end test suite runtime
03:23 How slow end-to-end tests impact developer productivity and builds
03:39 How to balance testing all user scenarios with the quantity of end-to-end tests
03:50 Identifying duplicated paths in similar end-to-end tests
04:26 Create a combined end-to-end test
05:08 Save file to verify combined happy path Cypress test runs successfully
05:18 Why combined happy path tests help speed up end-to-end test suites
05:37 Remove previous similar end-to-end tests and remove `it.only`
05:44 Recapping what you learned
06:15 Conclusion and next video teaser
Find out more about Test Double at link.testdouble.com/more-info
In this video, learn how creating similar Cypress tests can slow down your end-to-end test suite. Find out how to measure the runtime of your end-to-end test suite, consolidate similar Cypress tests to speed up your test suite, and learn the tradeoffs between combining end-to-end tests and keeping them separate.
Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:09 Recap of previous video
00:19 Learning goals for this video
00:39 Reminder instructions for running demo app and Cypress test suite
00:51 Identifying another user scenario for a happy path end-to-end test
01:22 Copy and paste a previous end-to-end test for the new test
01:30 Use `it.only` to temporarily only run the new test
01:37 Modify pasted Cypress test for the new user scenario under test
02:16 Save file to verify new happy path test runs successfully
02:29 Reminder that end-to-end tests are slow
02:43 Use `it.only` to additionally run the previous “update task” test
02:59 Analyzing Cypress end-to-end test suite runtime
03:23 How slow end-to-end tests impact developer productivity and builds
03:39 How to balance testing all user scenarios with the quantity of end-to-end tests
03:50 Identifying duplicated paths in similar end-to-end tests
04:26 Create a combined end-to-end test
05:08 Save file to verify combined happy path Cypress test runs successfully
05:18 Why combined happy path tests help speed up end-to-end test suites
05:37 Remove previous similar end-to-end tests and remove `it.only`
05:44 Recapping what you learned
06:15 Conclusion and next video teaser
Find out more about Test Double at link.testdouble.com/more-info
