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

Tacinga

https://github.com/OwenMcDonnell/tacinga

Specter

http://specter.sourceforge.net/
Programming language

Java

.NET

Category

Unit Testing

Acceptance Testing

General info

Tacinga is an Object-Oriented Java unit testing library

Specter is a behaviour-driven development framework for .NET and Mono

Specter enables behavior driven development (BDD) by allowing developers to write executable specifications for their objects, before actually implementing them, this is similar to test driven development however the different nomenclature makes it different from writing 'tests' for code that does not exist yet
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

You can unit test front-end components with tacinga

Yes

Developers can create specfications of the expected front-end behaviours and test them
Server-side
Allows testing the bahovior of a server-side code

Yes

You can test back-end components and functionality.with tacinga

Yes

Yes developers can create specfications of the expected back-end behaviours and test these.
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.

N/A

N/A

Licence
Licence type governing the use and redistribution of the software

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

BSD 3-Clause 'New' or 'Revised' License

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)

You can use external libraries like mockit

N/A

Grouping
Allows organizing tests in groups

N/A

Yes

You can create your own test suites with specter
Other
Other useful information about the testing framework