Cypress.iohttps://www.cypress.io/ |
WebdriverIOhttps://webdriver.io/ |
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Programming language | JavaScript | JavaScript |
Category |
End-to-End Testing, Intergration Testing, Unit Testing
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Browser Automation, Unit Testing, Functional Testing
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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 |
WebdriverIO is the next-gen WebDriver test framework for Node.js made upon Selenium WebdriverIO is written in JavaScript and uses Selenium under the hood. It also comes with its own inbuilt test runner and supports other testing frameworks like Jasmine, Cucumber, and Mocha |
xUnit
Set of frameworks originating from SUnit (Smalltalk's testing framework). They share similar structure and functionality. |
No
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Yes
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Client-side
Allows testing code execution on the client, such as a web browser |
Yes This 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 |
Yes WebdriverIO allows the use of advanced CSS selectors and makes it easy to find elements for front-end testing |
Server-side
Allows testing the bahovior of a server-side code |
Yes Although 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 |
Yes It can be used to test server side behaviour and functionality |
Fixtures
Allows defining a fixed, specific states of data (fixtures) that are test-local. This ensures specific environment for a single test |
Yes Cypress has inbuilt fixtures capabilities or example using the command 'cy.fixture(filePath)' loads a fixed set of data located in a file |
Yes WebdriverIO supports the creation of 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 Cypress can create group fixtures using the 'cy.fixture' command |
Yes WebdriverIO supports the creation of 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. |
N/A
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N/A
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Licence
Licence type governing the use and redistribution of the software |
MIT License
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MIT License
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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 Cypress 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 |
Yes It contains a mocking service called 'wdio-wiremock-service' |
Grouping
Allows organizing tests in groups |
Yes Cypress allows you to configure tests into groups however there is no way currently to run the groups |
Yes WebdriverIO allows one to build test suites, you can run these test in parallel and organize them by adjusting the 'maxInstances' property in your config file |
Other
Other useful information about the testing framework |
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