Spockhttp://spockframework.org/ |
Cucumber-JVMhttps://github.com/cucumber/cucumber-jvm |
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| Programming language | Java | Java |
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Unit Testing
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Acceptance Testing
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| General info |
Spock is a testing and specification framework for Java and Groovy applications Spock has a highly expressive specification language, and due to its JUnit runner, Spock is compatible with most IDEs, build tools, and continuous integration servers.Spock is inspired from JUnit, RSpec, jMock, Mockito, Groovy, Scala, Vulcans among others |
Cucumber-JVM is a pure Java implementation of Cucumber The specifications are written in plain texts, which allows them to be easily understandable by all stakeholders. |
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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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Client-side
Allows testing code execution on the client, such as a web browser |
Yes Spock tests front-end components and functionality by unit testing individual classes and functions |
Yes You can test the front-end part like the GUI using cucumber with serenity, they integrate well to test your front-end. |
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Server-side
Allows testing the bahovior of a server-side code |
Yes Spock tests back-end components and functionality by unit testing individual classes and functions |
Yes You can test back-end components such as API's using rest&soap clients, and databases |
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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 Spock contains four methods for setting up environments :setup() (run before every feature method), cleanup() (run after every feature method), setupSpec() (run before the first feature method), cleanupSpec() (run after the last feature method) |
Yes Using the cucumber extension aruba you can create fixures in two steps: 1.Create a fixtures-directory; 2.Create fixture files in this directory |
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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 You can use the fixture methods to setup environments for groups of tests. |
Yes You can group your fixtures inside your fixtures directories |
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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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N/A
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Licence
Licence type governing the use and redistribution of the software |
Apache License 2.0
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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 Spock has inbuilt mocking capabilities and has no need for external libraries |
Yes By using all of RSpec’s supported mocking frameworks (RSpec, Mocha, RR, Flexmock) |
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Grouping
Allows organizing tests in groups |
Yes You can create suites manually in spock |
Yes Cucumber allows the use of tag Cucumber feature files or individual tests to group tests. Then, you can pass a Cucumber tagged expression at test execution that specifies the tag (grouped) tests to run. https://www.toolsqa.com/cucumber/cucumber-tags/ |
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Other
Other useful information about the testing framework |
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