PhantomJS Cookbook
Over 70 recipes to help boost the productivity of your applications using real-world testing with PhantomJS
Published on 7. October 2025
304 pages
978-1-78398-193-9 (ISBN)
Description
Key Features
Book DescriptionA task-based guide that provides solutions to real-world test automation problems. This book is intended for web development professionals who want to integrate PhantomJS into their development and testing workflows. If you are a web developer looking to run automated unit tests while you work, or perhaps you are a QA engineer looking for a fast test automation utility, then this book is perfect for you. Some prior knowledge of JavaScript would be helpful.What you will learn
Develop your own PhantomJS core modules
Learn sophisticated strategies for interacting with web page contents and how to capture those interactions
Create a frontend continuous integration (CI) strategy with PhantomJS
Perform unit testing with frameworks such as Jasmine, Mocha, and QUnit
Implement functional and endtoend testing with PhantomJS using tools such as Selenium, Capybara, and CasperJS
Automate performance analysis with libraries such as Confess.js and YSlow
Automate the generation of images and PDFs of your web content
Who this book is for
Book DescriptionA task-based guide that provides solutions to real-world test automation problems. This book is intended for web development professionals who want to integrate PhantomJS into their development and testing workflows. If you are a web developer looking to run automated unit tests while you work, or perhaps you are a QA engineer looking for a fast test automation utility, then this book is perfect for you. Some prior knowledge of JavaScript would be helpful.What you will learn
Develop your own PhantomJS core modules
Learn sophisticated strategies for interacting with web page contents and how to capture those interactions
Create a frontend continuous integration (CI) strategy with PhantomJS
Perform unit testing with frameworks such as Jasmine, Mocha, and QUnit
Implement functional and endtoend testing with PhantomJS using tools such as Selenium, Capybara, and CasperJS
Automate performance analysis with libraries such as Confess.js and YSlow
Automate the generation of images and PDFs of your web content
Who this book is for
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Edition
Digital original
Language
English
Place of publication
Birmingham
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
Edition type
Digital original
File size
6,72 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-78398-193-9 (9781783981939)
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Friesel Rob :
Rob Friesel is a senior user interface developer and 10-year veteran at Dealer.com, where he develops UI frameworks and toolkits for their enterprise platform. He blogs about and presents on a variety of technologies, but his first love is the front-end. He has contributed as a credited reviewer to several books on JavaScript and one on Clojure. He tweets at @founddramaand blogs at http://blog.founddrama.net/.
Rob Friesel is a senior user interface developer and 10-year veteran at Dealer.com, where he develops UI frameworks and toolkits for their enterprise platform. He blogs about and presents on a variety of technologies, but his first love is the front-end. He has contributed as a credited reviewer to several books on JavaScript and one on Clojure. He tweets at @founddramaand blogs at http://blog.founddrama.net/.
Content
Table of Contents
Getting Started with PhantomJS
Using The PhantomJS Core Modules
Working with Webpage Objects
Unit Testing with PhantomJS
Functional and End-to-End Testing with PhantomJS
Network Monitoring and Performance Analysis
Generating Images and Documents with PhantomJS
Continuous Integration with PhantomJS
Getting Started with PhantomJS
Using The PhantomJS Core Modules
Working with Webpage Objects
Unit Testing with PhantomJS
Functional and End-to-End Testing with PhantomJS
Network Monitoring and Performance Analysis
Generating Images and Documents with PhantomJS
Continuous Integration with PhantomJS
