Cucumber-JVMhttps://github.com/cucumber/cucumber-jvm |
Robot Frameworkhttps://robotframework.org/ |
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Programming language |
Java |
Python |
Category |
Acceptance Testing |
Acceptance Testing |
General info |
Cucumber-JVM is a pure Java implementation of CucumberThe specifications are written in plain texts, which allows them to be easily understandable by all stakeholders. |
Robot is a Python framework used for acceptance/functional testingRobot is an automated test framework which has a simple plain text syntax and can be extended easily with Python or Java libraries. It can run on the .net-based IronPython and on Jython which is Java based. |
xUnit
Set of frameworks originating from SUnit (Smalltalk's testing framework). They share similar structure and functionality. |
No |
No |
Client-side
Allows testing code execution on the client, such as a web browser |
YesYou can test the front-end part like the GUI using cucumber with serenity, they integrate well to test your front-end. |
YesRobot has a rich library and can also be easily integrated with Selenium for browser automation to test front-end components |
Server-side
Allows testing the bahovior of a server-side code |
YesYou can test back-end components such as API's using rest&soap clients, and databases |
YesRobot can be used for back-end tests as well |
Fixtures
Allows defining a fixed, specific states of data (fixtures) that are test-local. This ensures specific environment for a single test |
YesUsing the cucumber extension aruba you can create fixures in two steps: 1.Create a fixtures-directory; 2.Create fixture files in this directory |
There is no inbuilt way to work with fixtures in Robot however it can integrate with unittest and use fixtures that way |
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. |
YesYou can group your fixtures inside your fixtures directories |
By integrating with unittest |
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. |
N/A |
YesRobot has a library called the Robot Framework Faker library. It contains 147 keywords used for generating random test data |
Licence
Licence type governing the use and redistribution of the software |
MIT License |
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) |
YesBy using all of RSpec’s supported mocking frameworks (RSpec, Mocha, RR, Flexmock) |
YesRobot can access Python's mock library for mocking |
Grouping
Allows organizing tests in groups |
YesCucumber allows the use of tag Cucumber feature files or individual tests to group tests. Then, you can pass a Cucumber tagged expression at test execution that specifies the tag (grouped) tests to run. https://www.toolsqa.com/cucumber/cucumber-tags/ |
YesOne can create a test suite with Robot |
Other
Other useful information about the testing framework |
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