Lighthouse is an open-source, automated tool for enhancing web page quality. You can use it on any web page, whether it is public or requires authentication. It includes assessments for performance, usability, progressive web apps, SEO, and other factors.
Lighthouse can be executed through Chrome DevTools, from the command line, or as a Node module. Lighthouse receives a URL to audit, performs a series of audits on the page, and then produces a summary on how well the page performed. Then, use the failed audits to determine how to enhance the page. Each audit contains a reference document that explains why the audit is essential and how to fix it.
How Lighthouse Audits Pages
Lighthouse audits are mostly concerned with Google's Core Web Vitals. If you're not acquainted, these are the key measures Google use to assess web page performance and the overall User Experience (UX). Largest Contentful Paint (LCP), First Input Delay (FID), and Cumulative Layout Shift are among them (CLS).
In other words, employing Lighthouse allows you to see your website as Google does. The actionable information it provides can be used to optimise your webpages for improved ranking in search engines results.
The Lighthouse reports are divided into five categories:
- Performance
- Accessibility
- SEO
- The best practices
- Web app advancement
Why Choose TestEvolve?
Test Evolve is a test automation and results dashboard solution comprised of Spark, the engine, Flare, a studio application, and Halo, a cloud reporting platform for real-time test results. It supports desktop, mobile, API, database, and desktop app test automation. In addition, we offer cross-browser and cross-device testing, as well as security and performance testing integrations. Not to mention our visual regression testing, accessibility, and lighthouse application auditing capabilities.
Test Evolve Spark has a powerful integration with Google's Lighthouse website auditing tool. Lighthouse is widely regarded as the gold standard for determining website completeness in terms of SEO, Performance, Coding Best Practices, Progressive Web App, and Accessibility.
Simply include Lighthouse checks for your website as part of your automated testing builds with a single command.