May 2023 SFNode Meetup

SFNode is a community meetup. At every meetup, we try to have a mix of beginner and advanced talks.

We are thrilled to have Sauce Labs help us sponsor the event this time. If you want to host or want to speak, please create an issue on the SFNode Github: https://github.com/sfnode/sfnode. We are looking for all types of speakers: ones that have done it before and first-timers! Send us a message and we are happy to help prepare for a talk.

Schedule
6:30pm - Doors Open
7:00pm - Opening Remarks
7:15pm - Talk: Web Component Testing - Christian Bromann
8:00pm - Open Mic and Social Time
9:00pm - Doors close

Talk abstract
With more frontend frameworks on the rise web component testing becomes a crucial part of everyone's testing stack. It allows to test various features of a single component of your UI and can help to reduce the amount of e2e around it that usually would run slower.

There are already many component testing tools available but almost all of them miss an important feature: running the test in an actual browser. While one might argue that running test in a virtual DOM is fine for testing why not just run them in the browser if you can. With WebdriverIO v8 and its new browser runner capabilities, you can now execute unit or component tests directly in the browser with no complicated set-up required and use the power of the WebDriver protocol to seamlessly interact with them, as a user would do.

Slides: https://speakerdeck.com/christianbromann/component-testing-with-webdriverio
Demo: https://github.com/webdriverio/component-testing-examples

Contact: Christian Bromann (capitalize B)
Speaker bio
Founding Engineer at Stateful measuring and improving developer happiness every day a bit more. Open Source and Open Standards Advocate. Cross Project Council member at the OpenJS Foundation representing WebdriverIO.

Open mic
Open mic time gives attendees 2-3 minutes of time to talk to the entire group. This is the time to debut a new project, announce upcoming events or let people know they're hiring.

Upcoming Events

• NodeSchool SF (http://nodeschool.io/sanfrancisco) - Last Saturday of the month