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Javier Alvarado
Javier Alvarado
16,060 Points
Posted by Javier Alvarado
Javier Alvarado
16,060 Points

Advice On Cross Browser Testing Locally

Can the Treehouse Community comment on cross browser testing locally? I'm not ready to invest in a BrowserStack account, so I would like to hear from others what kind of testing I should do on my own devices. Is it worth testing my site on every device/browser/operating system I have myself and on my friends' devices/browsers/operating systems? Or should I just test on certain devices/browsers/operating systems?

1 Answer

Sue Dough
Sue Dough
35,800 Points
Sue Dough
Sue Dough
35,800 Points

There is a few options. You can use browserstack's free trials and temporary email accounts ( you can decide if that is ethical ). You can manually test and create your own device lab like seen in this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BthNQ7zQug . You can automate a few browsers/devices with Selenium or Karma or another testing tool. You can use this NPM package for free https://www.browsersync.io/ ( I have not tried it but heard good things ).

Javier Alvarado
Javier Alvarado
16,060 Points
Javier Alvarado
Javier Alvarado
16,060 Points

Thanks for your answer! I will check those options out.