Codedeceptionhttps://codeception.com/ |
PHPSpechttps://www.phpspec.net/en/stable/ |
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Programming language | PHP | PHP |
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Unit Testing, Acceptance Testing/Functional Testing
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Unit Testing
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General info |
Codeception is a full-stack testing framework for PHP It is inspired by BDD and provides a way of writing acceptance, functional and even unit tests. It is powered by PHPUnit. |
PhpSpec is a testing tool based on the concept of emergent design using specification PhpSpec is a tool to use at the spec level or SpecBDD, a type of BDD; It's process generates code for you and guides you through the SpecBDD process through the command line |
xUnit
Set of frameworks originating from SUnit (Smalltalk's testing framework). They share similar structure and functionality. |
No
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No
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Client-side
Allows testing code execution on the client, such as a web browser |
Yes One is able to write acceptance tests which are used to look at functionality from a user's perspective. It is able to look at pages in browser (Chrome, Firefox or PhpBrowser) |
Yes By testing your PHP classes that run your front-end |
Server-side
Allows testing the bahovior of a server-side code |
Yes It supports back-end tests, by writing functionaltests one can be able to test server behaviour |
Yes You can use PHPSpec to test your PHP classes that run your back-end |
Fixtures
Allows defining a fixed, specific states of data (fixtures) that are test-local. This ensures specific environment for a single test |
Yes One can define a fixture and write the test with Codedeception, use the yii2-codedeceptionextention which will autoload fixtures for you |
Yes You can define fixtures |
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. |
Yes One can define group fixtures |
Yes You can define group fixtures |
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. |
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Yes There are methods that act as generators |
Licence
Licence type governing the use and redistribution of the software |
MIT License
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Free
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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 Codeception provides Codeception\Stub library for building mocks and stubs for tests |
Yes It has built in support for Mocks |
Grouping
Allows organizing tests in groups |
Yes Codeception consists of three so-called “suites”: A “unit suite” for all unit tests, a “functional suite” for all functional tests, and an “acceptance suite” for all acceptance tests. |
In PHPspec, you can group specification files by a certain namespace in a suite |
Other
Other useful information about the testing framework |
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