Deepening a thing at a time

My experience with Cypress

I'm Stefano Magni

I'm a passionate front-end engineer, a Cypress ambassador,

and an instructor.

 

I work for WorkWave, a Field Service Software company.

or just launch

$ npx noriste

Early 2018

I fall in love with the Testing world

Late 2018

I fall in love with Cypress

Early 2018

I fall in love with the Testing world

Late 2018

I fall in love with Cypress

Early 2018

I fall in love with the Testing world

January 2019

I deepen Cypress for a whole month

Late 2018

I fall in love with Cypress

Early 2018

I fall in love with the Testing world

January 2019

I deepen Cypress for a whole month

February 2019

I start answering on StackOverflow

Late 2018

I fall in love with Cypress

Early 2018

I fall in love with the Testing world

January 2019

I deepen Cypress for a whole month

February 2019

I start answering on StackOverflow

March 2019

I start sharing Cypress plugins

Late 2018

I fall in love with Cypress

January 2019

I deepen Cypress for a whole month

February 2019

I start answering on StackOverflow

March 2019

I start sharing Cypress plugins

April 2019

I start writing a GitHub book about UI Testing

January 2019

I deepen Cypress for a whole month

February 2019

I start answering on StackOverflow

March 2019

I start sharing Cypress plugins

April 2019

I start writing a GitHub book about UI Testing

May 2019

I talk at the first meetup about Cypress (the first of 10)

February 2019

I start answering on StackOverflow

March 2019

I start sharing Cypress plugins

April 2019

I start writing a GitHub book about UI Testing

May 2019

I talk at the first meetup about Cypress (the first of 10)

June 2019

Cypress interviews me

March 2019

I start sharing Cypress plugins

April 2019

I start writing a GitHub book about UI Testing

May 2019

I talk at the first meetup about Cypress (the first of 10)

June 2019

Cypress interviews me

July 2019

I talk at the first conference about Cypress (the first of 3)

April 2019

I start writing a GitHub book about UI Testing

May 2019

I talk at the first meetup about Cypress (the first of 10)

June 2019

Cypress interviews me

July 2019

I talk at the first conference about Cypress (the first of 3)

September 2019

I move to a new amazing company, knew thanks to my talks

May 2019

I talk at the first meetup about Cypress (the first of 10)

June 2019

Cypress interviews me

July 2019

I talk at the first conference about Cypress (the first of 3)

September 2019

I move to a new amazing company, knew thanks to my talks

October 2019

I teach at the first React Testing course, especially about Cypress (the first of 3)

June 2019

Cypress interviews me

July 2019

I talk at the first conference about Cypress (the first of 3)

September 2019

I move to a new amazing company, knew thanks to my talks

October 2019

I teach at the first React Testing course, especially about Cypress (the first of 3)

By-products

 

my OSS projects received more than 900 ⭐️

 

from ~200 to ~600 followers on Twitter

The most important thing:

I HELPED AND KNEW A LOT OF PEOPLE!

What drives me?

What drives me?

Learning

What drives me?

Learning

Improving quality

What drives me?

Learning

Improving quality

Helping people

What drives me?

Learning

Improving quality

Helping people

Money

How could you do the same?

forget FOMO

choose one topic that you'd want to learn/deepen

choose one topic that you'd want to learn/deepen

(avoid being stuck on this choice)

choose one topic that you'd want to learn/deepen

(avoid being stuck on this choice)

If you want to climb a mountain, you won't take the first step.

 

if you take the first step,

you'll climb a mountain.

you need more time and
you need to use it better

learn in public

learn in public

if you can't explain it, you don't know it

learn in public

if you can't explain it, you don't know it

everyone has something to say

learn in public

if you can't explain it, you don't know it

everyone has something to say

Your mistakes will be fixed by others

learn in public

if you can't explain it, you don't know it

everyone has something to say

Your mistakes will be fixed by others

You apply your knowledge to other people' problems

Who inspired me

WHO INSPIRED ME

WHO INSPIRED ME

WHO INSPIRED ME

Thank you

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