Cypress vs Selenium WebDriver: Better, or just different? (Cypress.io vs Selenium)

These are recordings from the Austin Automation Professionals meetup that I organize with some cool people.

Join us for Gil Tayar, Sr. Architect for Applitools, talk on the difference between these two major players in browsers automation

There’s a new claim to the throne of functional test automation tools: Cypress.io. Is Cypress fast? Yes. Is Cypress interactive? Yep. Is Cypress reliable? You bet. And best of all… it’s cool!

But is Cypress an alternative to Selenium WebDriver? Does Selenium, the current leader of web automation and testing frameworks, cringe in fear for its position, or is it smiling benevolently at the supposed usurper, knowing full well that, well, it’s just a kid!

Is Cypress better than Selenium WebDriver? I get asked this a lot. And frankly, the easiest path of a “this vs that” article is to try and find out which is “best”. But I will not take that path. Instead, I will try and explain how is Cypress different from Selenium WebDriver.

Austin Automation Professionals Meetup information:
www.meetup.com/Austin-Automation-Professionals/