RSpechttps://rspec.info |
unittesthttps://docs.Python.org/3/library/unittest.html |
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Programming language | Ruby | Python |
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Unit Testing, Intergration Testing
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Unit Testing
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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. |
unittest is a unit testing framework for Python The unittest test framework is Python’s xUnit style framework. It is a standard module that is bundled with Python and supports the automation and aggregation of tests and common setup and shutdown code for them. |
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. |
Yes unittest is a xUnit style frameworkfor Python, it was previously called PyUnit. |
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 Front-end functionality and behaviour can be tested by unittest. |
Server-side
Allows testing the bahovior of a server-side code |
Yes You can test server-side behaviour with Rspec |
Yes Since the webserver funtionalities have their own features and each feature has its own functions, we can write tests with unittest to test each function |
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 use of the 'setUp()' function which is called to prepare the test fixture |
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 unittest allows you to group your initialization code into a setUp function and clean up code in a tearDown function |
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 unittest contains generator methods in the module 'unittest.TestCase' |
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 Available through rspec-mocks gem. |
Yes Mocks are available from the library unittest.mock which allows you to replace parts of your system under test with mock objects |
Grouping
Allows organizing tests in groups |
Yes Allows declaring example groups and contexts. |
Yes One can build suites either manually or use test discovery to build the suite automatically by scanning a directory |
Other
Other useful information about the testing framework |
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