RSpechttps://rspec.info |
Seleniumhttps://pypi.org/project/selenium/ |
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| Programming language | Ruby | Python |
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Unit Testing, Intergration Testing
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Web Automation
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| General info |
Domain Specific Language (DSL) testing solution for Ruby code It focuses on empowering Test Driven Development (TDD). RSpec contains multiple smaller libraries, which may be independently used with other testing frameworks. |
Selenium is an open source tool used to test web applications Selenium is a powerful testing tool which can send standard Python commands to different browsers, despite variations in browser design. It also provides extensions to emulate user interaction with browsers, a distribution server for scaling browser allocation, and the infrastructure for implementations of the W3C WebDriver specification that lets you write interchangeable code for all major web browsers |
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xUnit
Set of frameworks originating from SUnit (Smalltalk's testing framework). They share similar structure and functionality. |
Yes Yes, but it differs from more traiditional xUnit solutions. Its tests are written in a "Tests as Specification" manner. This means that the terminology used in RSpec is adjusted to a language more fitting for specification. |
No
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Client-side
Allows testing code execution on the client, such as a web browser |
Yes RSpec is used to primarily test the behaviour of applications or individual components so it can test front-end behaviour as well - you can use capybara gem with RSpec for that. |
Yes It is primarily a browser automation tool which tests front-end components and functionality |
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Server-side
Allows testing the bahovior of a server-side code |
Yes You can test server-side behaviour with Rspec |
Yes It can perform Unit tests and can test various components and behaviours in the backend using a BDD or TDD approach |
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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 |
Yes RSpec does contain fixture methods |
Yes By writing your Selenium WebDriver tests in PyTest, this gives you access to Pytest's powerful fixture model |
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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. |
Yes Group fixture methods are supported |
Yes One can group fixtures if accessing Pytest's fixture model |
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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. |
Yes RSpec contains generators for example intergration_'test_name' which will save a spec inside the spec/requests folder |
Yes By using a library such as Faker or Fake-factory |
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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) |
Yes Available through rspec-mocks gem. |
Yes It includes support for mocking |
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Grouping
Allows organizing tests in groups |
Yes Allows declaring example groups and contexts. |
Yes By using the TestNG feature with which we can create groups and maintain them easily |
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Other
Other useful information about the testing framework |
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