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Ask HN: Tool that can check my front-end files for browser coverage

by nithinkashyapn on 5/26/20, 7:02 AM with 1 comments

I'm searching for a tool that can help me analyse the code in my HTML, CSS and JS files and inform me which browser isn't compatible with the API or method I've implemented in them, currently i end up testing the website on all browsers to check for compatibility issues and once i find them i verify on caniuse.com and check SO for alternatives. I recently found out doiuse.herokuapp.com and check my CSS files there. Is there any other tool that can help me?

  • by greenyouse on 5/26/20, 1:23 PM

    It's probably easier to find tools by searching GitHub instead of SO. It looks like doiuse also comes as a PostCSS plugin so you could have better compile time linter integration with that[0]. There's also a similar plugin for ESLint called eslint-plugin-compat which checks for JS cross browser compatibility[1].

    You can also set up automation via WebDriver for cross-browser functional and visual testing if you really want to be sure everything works well. WebDriverIO is good for that[2]. Unless you're going to sink over 1000 hours into the project it's probably not worth it though. It's notoriously tricky to set up correctly if you haven't done it before.

    [0] https://github.com/anandthakker/doiuse

    [1] https://github.com/amilajack/eslint-plugin-compat

    [2] https://webdriver.io/