Percy.io
Dev tools
visual regression testing
SHOW HN2015
249points
52comments
#68of 2,565 in 2015
Top 3%of 2015 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
4 positive, 8 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 7 critical, out of 19 comments about the project. Thread score -0.12.
Execution: 2 for, 2 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 3 againstIdea: 1 for, 1 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 againstPricing: 1 for, 0 against
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What people liked
Integrates with GitHub and CircleCI workflows
From 1 comment
This looks really great. The integration with Github and CircleCI makes it a very attractive option for us as it would slot right in to our existing workflows.
anarchitect on HN
Useful for catching front-end regressions
From 2 comments
This is neat. Recently started doing Selenium tests with Scrutinizer CI, but we've had issues where the UI is broken and we find out a day later... I'll definitely keep an eye…
arenaninja on HNThis seems like a really convenient way to watch for front-end changes, but how do things like margins work? Will my whole page be red because everything has been shifted around…
nerdy on HN
Objections
No responsive design testing yet
From 3 comments
This seems like a really convenient way to watch for front-end changes, but how do things like margins work? Will my whole page be red because everything has been shifted around…
nerdy on HNReally interested how this will work with responsive. Does it test a set size each time? Multiple sizes?
joshdance on HNI wonder, does it handle responsive UIs?
idibidiart on HN
GitHub permissions requested for invite are a privacy concern
From 2 comments
I wasn't a fan of giving you github permissions just to sign up for an invite.
balls187 on HNPercy.io's Invite Request system is tied to github. How is that not a problem imposed by Percy? I'd feel more comfortable having a different mechanism to request an invite. While…
balls187 on HN
Requests
Responsive layout support
From 2 comments
This seems like a really convenient way to watch for front-end changes, but how do things like margins work? Will my whole page be red because everything has been shifted around…
nerdy on HNReally interested how this will work with responsive. Does it test a set size each time? Multiple sizes?
joshdance on HN
Support for non-web front ends
From 1 comment
Doesn't say what it does. I can deduce from the title and landing page that it has something to do with UIs and CI. From the FAQ it seems it is web only, as it mentions "the…
alkonaut on HN
Questions
How pricing will work
From 1 comment
There's no mention about pricing... any rough idea/estimation?
ecesena on HN
How layout shifts are shown in diffs
From 1 comment
This seems like a really convenient way to watch for front-end changes, but how do things like margins work? Will my whole page be red because everything has been shifted around…
nerdy on HN
Alternatives named
Wraith
From 2 comments
Percy.io seems somewhat similar to BBC's wraith[1], albeit easier to integrate. 1.http://bbc-news.github.io/wraith/index.html
sangnoir on HNSo.. is this just a lot of wrappers around wraith? Or something else?
siegecraft on HN
VisualReview
From 2 comments
I've been working on VisualReview (https://github.com/xebia/VisualReview), an open source project for visually reviewing a (web-)application as part of a pull-request, very…
Kmandr on HNThere's VisualReview[0], but only self-hosted. [0]: https://github.com/xebia/VisualReview
jbnicolai on HN
Kontrast
From 1 comment
We (Harry's) have released a tool called Kontrast: https://github.com/harrystech/kontrast, http://engineering.harrys.com/2014/09/24/kontrast.html It's written in Ruby but is not…
werkshy on HN
Applitools Eyes
From 1 comment
My favorite in this space is Applitools eyes (https://applitools.com/). Eyes has really advances image processing capabilities, which meant two huge advantages over everything…
On on HN
Gatling
From 1 comment
I've used gatling on a few redesigns with success https://github.com/gabrielrotbart/gatling I have some tweaks i was going to merge in that gave the diff's as %'s (so you could…
meesterdude on HN