Why it's crucial to test your frontend code

This article first appeared in issue 233 of .net magazine – the world's best-selling magazine for web designers and developers.

Testing isn’t a word I hear frequently in frontend development circles. This isn’t to say they don’t test, but it doesn’t appear to be a mainstream practice yet.

The frontend development landscape is shifting, as is the necessary skillset. So I’ve been considering methods and tools for automating CSS testing.

I see four particularly useful types of CSS tests:

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