How to Install Cypress on Windows

In this fast-paced world of web development, ensuring the reliability and functionality of your applications is necessary. One powerful tool that facilitates this, is Cypress. In this article we will explore the different ways of installing Cypress on Windows step-by-step.

What is Cypress?

Cypress is a front-end automation testing tool built for modern web development. It is an open-source software released under MIT License. Using Cypress we can set up, write, run, and debug tests. Cypress provides fast, easy, and reliable testing for anything that runs in a browser.

Cypress supports the following types of tests:

1. End-to-End Testing.
2. Unit Testing.
3. Integration testing.
4. API Testing.

Getting Started With Cypress Installation

Cypress is a Desktop application that users need to download and install in their systems. Cypress supports the following Operating Systems

1. Windows 10 and above
2. MacOS 10.9 and above(64 bit only)
3. Linux Ubuntu 12.04 and above
4. Fedora 21
5. Debian 8

How to Install Cypress on Windows?

Cypress can be installed on windows in three ways. They are:

1. Using NPM
2. Using Yarn
3. Direct Download

1. Using NPM

NPM stands for node package manager and it is the worlds largest software registry. To use npm on Windows you must have nodeJS installed on your system.

Run the following command to initialize a new Node.js project:

npm init -y

Then, open the terminal and change the directory to where you want to download the cypress. Then run the following command.

npm install cypress --save-dev

Once you run the above command, the cypress will be successfully installed into your system.

2. Using Yarn

Yarn stands for Yet Another Resource Negotiator and it is a package manager similar to npm.

To install Yarn, run the following command:

npm install --global yarn

Once Yarn is installed, run the following command to install Cypress on your system.

yarn add cypress --dev

Once you run the above command, the cypress will be successfully installed into your system.

3. Direct Download

If you do not want to use npm or yarn, you can directly download the cypress from their official website.

There "Download" button on the Cypress homepage. Press the button. After that, you'll be taken to the download page. Cypress can be downloaded for your OS system from this page.

How to Verify or Open Cypress?

Once you installed cypress on your system, you can open the cypress by running the following command in terminal.

npx cypress open

Once you run the above command, cypress will be opened like this:

Conclusion

Installing Cypress for your web development testing provides an efficient and robust solution with its user-friendly interface and powerful features and seamless integration with modern web development workflows, cypress streamlines the process of writing, running, and debugging the tests.