Atata vs Spinach comparison of testing frameworks
What are the differences between Atata and Spinach?

	Atata https://atata.io/	Spinach https://github.com/codegram/spinach
Programming language	.NET	Ruby
Category		Acceptance Testing
General info	Atata is a C# / .NET test automation framework for web Atata is an open source test framework that uses fluent object pattern. It consists of the following concepts: components (controls and page objects), attributes of the control search, settings attributes, triggers, verification attributes and methods	Spinach is a BDD framework on top of Gherkin Spinach is a high-level BDD framework that leverages the Gherkin language to help define executable specifications of your application or library's acceptance criteria.
xUnit Set of frameworks originating from SUnit (Smalltalk's testing framework). They share similar structure and functionality.	Yes You can use Atata with xUnit frameworks	No
Client-side Allows testing code execution on the client, such as a web browser	Yes Atata is based on selenium and is used for browser automation. You can test various front-end functionalities and behaviours	N/A
Server-side Allows testing the bahovior of a server-side code	No	Yes You can test any server-side behaviour with Spinach
Fixtures Allows defining a fixed, specific states of data (fixtures) that are test-local. This ensures specific environment for a single test		No
Group fixtures Allows defining a fixed, specific states of data for a group of tests (group-fixtures). This ensures specific environment for a given group of tests.		No
Generators Supports data generators for tests. Data generators generate input data for test. The test is then run for each input data produced in this way.		Yes Spinach has inbuilt generator methods
Licence Licence type governing the use and redistribution of the software	Apache License 2.0	MIT License
Mocks Mocks are objects that simulate the behavior of real objects. Using mocks allows testing some part of the code in isolation (with other parts mocked when needed)		Yes Spinach can access the rspec-mocks methods
Grouping Allows organizing tests in groups		Yes Spinach Integrates with your RSpec test suite which allows declaring example groups and contexts.
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