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

Atata

https://atata.io/

Windmill

https://pypi.org/project/windmill/
Programming language

.NET

Python

Category

UI 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

Windmill is an Open Source Web UI testing framework for Python

Windmill is an Open Source AJAX Web UI testing framework that implements in-browser recording and playback, cross browser testing and test integration
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

Yes

Its main function is testing of front-end components and functionality
Server-side
Allows testing the bahovior of a server-side code

No

No

Fixtures
Allows defining a fixed, specific states of data (fixtures) that are test-local. This ensures specific environment for a single test

N/A

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.

N/A

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

By using third party libraries
Licence
Licence type governing the use and redistribution of the software

Apache License 2.0

Apache License 2.0

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)

N/A

Grouping
Allows organizing tests in groups

N/A

Other
Other useful information about the testing framework