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Hound vs Tacinga comparison of testing frameworks
What are the differences between Hound and Tacinga?

Hound

https://github.com/HashNuke/hound

Tacinga

https://github.com/OwenMcDonnell/tacinga
Programming language

Elixir

Java

Category

Browser Automation, Intergration Testing

Unit Testing

General info

Elixir library for browser automation and writing intergration tests

It is a front-end testing library that has support for: Selenium (Firefox, Chrome), ChromeDriver and PhantomJs. Also supports JavaScript applications and retries tests a few times before reporting errors

Tacinga is an Object-Oriented Java unit testing library

xUnit
Set of frameworks originating from SUnit (Smalltalk's testing framework). They share similar structure and functionality.

No

Client-side
Allows testing code execution on the client, such as a web browser

Yes

Allows for browser Automation and writing of end-to-end tests for web apps, supports Selenium WebDriver, ChromeDriver, and PhantomJS - GhostDriver

Yes

You can unit test front-end components with tacinga
Server-side
Allows testing the bahovior of a server-side code

N/A

Yes

You can test back-end components and functionality.with tacinga
Fixtures
Allows defining a fixed, specific states of data (fixtures) that are test-local. This ensures specific environment for a single test

N/A

N/A

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.

N/A

N/A

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.

Yes

Not inbuilt but by use of a third party library like ExopData

N/A

Licence
Licence type governing the use and redistribution of the software

MIT License

MIT License (for non-commercial use); Commercial License (for commercial use)

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

Yes, through the use of a third party library like Mockery

You can use external libraries like mockit
Grouping
Allows organizing tests in groups

N/A

N/A

Other
Other useful information about the testing framework