Google Puppeteerhttps://developers.google.com/web/tools/puppeteer |
SimpleTesthttps://github.com/simpletest/simpletest |
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Programming language |
JavaScript |
PHP |
Category |
Browser Automation |
Unit Testing, Web Testing |
General info |
Puppeteer is a Node library which provides browser automation for chrome and chromiumPuppeteer runs headless by default, but can be configured to run full (non-headless) Chrome or Chromium; It provides a high-level API to control Chromium or Chrome over the DevTools Protocol |
SimpleTest is a unit test and web test framework for PHPIt has JWebUnit style functionality and support for SSL, forms, frames, proxies and basic authentication |
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 |
YesMost things you can do manually in the browser can be done using puppeteer, therefore you can create a testing environment for your tests to run directly. You can test front-end functionality such as UI testing with puppeteer |
YesWith SimpleTest common but fiddly PHP tasks, such as logging into a site, can be tested easily |
Server-side
Allows testing the bahovior of a server-side code |
No |
YesServer-side behaviour can be tested by writing simple unit tests to test functionality and behaviour of single components. |
Fixtures
Allows defining a fixed, specific states of data (fixtures) that are test-local. This ensures specific environment for a single test |
N/A |
YesIt can import fixtures using a mixin like 'given()' method |
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 |
YesIt allows grouping of 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. |
No |
YesSimpletest has support for generators |
Licence
Licence type governing the use and redistribution of the software |
Apache License 2.0 |
GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1 |
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) |
No |
YesIt allows for one to build Mock objects.To create a mock version of a class we need to include the mock object library and run the generator. This will create a clone class which we use to create new instances(objects) in our test cases. |
Grouping
Allows organizing tests in groups |
No |
YesThere are several ways of grouping tests; one is to simply place multiple test cases into a single file, another is to mark any base test cases that should not be run as abstract, Simpletest gives you a couple of options |
Other
Other useful information about the testing framework |
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