Doctesthttps://docs.Python.org/2/library/doctest.html |
Robot Frameworkhttps://robotframework.org/ |
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| Programming language | Python | Python |
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Unit Testing
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Acceptance Testing
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| General info |
Doctest is an inbuilt test framework for Python Doctest is a test framework that comes prepackaged with Python. It is a simple library with a functionality that makes it possible to search for pieces of text that look like interactive Python sessions and executes these sessions to see if they work exactly as shown. |
Robot is a Python framework used for acceptance/functional testing Robot 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. |
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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 |
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Yes Robot has a rich library and can also be easily integrated with Selenium for browser automation to test front-end components |
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Server-side
Allows testing the bahovior of a server-side code |
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Yes Robot can be used for back-end tests as well |
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Fixtures
Allows defining a fixed, specific states of data (fixtures) that are test-local. This ensures specific environment for a single test |
No Lacks fixture management which can make writing tests harder |
There is no inbuilt way to work with fixtures in Robot however it can integrate with unittest and use fixtures that way |
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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. |
No Lacks fixture management |
By integrating with unittest |
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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
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Yes Robot has a library called the Robot Framework Faker library. It contains 147 keywords used for generating random test data |
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Licence
Licence type governing the use and redistribution of the software |
MIT License
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Apache License 2.0
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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) |
A good external library for using Mocks with Doctest is minimocks |
Yes Robot can access Python's mock library for mocking |
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Grouping
Allows organizing tests in groups |
Yes One can group tests |
Yes One can create a test suite with Robot |
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Other
Other useful information about the testing framework |
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