Cypress.iohttps://www.cypress.io/ |
Guagehttps://gauge.org/ |
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Programming language |
JavaScript |
.NET |
Category |
End-to-End Testing, Intergration Testing, Unit Testing |
Acceptance Testing |
General info |
Cypress users are typically developers or QA engineers building web applications using modern JavaScript frameworks. This is the top tier UI automation framework which outsmarts Selenium based frameworks in most of the aspects!Cypress enables you to write all types of tests: 1. End-to-end tests; 2. Integration tests; 3. Unit tests; 4. Cypress can test anything that runs in a browser; Apart from that Cypress provides the Dashboard facility for CI/CD |
Gauge is a light-weight cross-platform test automation tool for writing acceptance tests.Gauge is a free and open source framework for writing and running acceptance tests. Some of its key features include: -Simple, flexible and rich syntax based on Markdown.; -Consistent cross platform/language support for writing test code.; -A modular architecture with plugins support. |
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 |
YesThis is the primary goal of Cypress, it tests anything that runs in a browser and works to build great user experience that is it tests the applications flow from beginning to end from a user's perspective. It is built to handle modern JavaScript frameworks especially well and also works equally well on older server rendered pages or applications |
YesYou can test front-end behaviour by creating testing specifications to test front-end behaviour |
Server-side
Allows testing the bahovior of a server-side code |
YesAlthough Cypress is not a general automation framework, nor is it a unit testing framework for your back-end services, It can test back-end behaviours for example using cy.task() command which provides a way for running Node code, so you can take actions necessary for your tests outside of the scope of Cypress |
YesYou can test back-end behaviour by creating testing specifications to test back-end behaviour |
Fixtures
Allows defining a fixed, specific states of data (fixtures) that are test-local. This ensures specific environment for a single test |
YesCypress has inbuilt fixtures capabilities or example using the command 'cy.fixture(filePath)' loads a fixed set of data located in a file |
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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. |
YesCypress can create group fixtures using the 'cy.fixture' command |
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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 |
N/A |
Licence
Licence type governing the use and redistribution of the software |
MIT License |
GNU General Public License v3.0 |
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) |
YesCypress comes built in with the ability to stub and spy with cy.stub(), cy.spy(), It also automatically bundles 'sinon', 'lolex' and 'sinon-chai' which all work to give Cypress mocking capabilities |
YesYou can create mocks using third party libraries like moq |
Grouping
Allows organizing tests in groups |
YesCypress allows you to configure tests into groups however there is no way currently to run the groups |
YesYou can create test suites with Gauge which can be run using multiple parameters. |
Other
Other useful information about the testing framework |
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