Unitilshttp://www.unitils.org/summary.html |
Behathttps://docs.behat.org/en/latest/ |
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Programming language |
Java |
PHP |
Category |
Unit Testing, Intergration Testing |
Functional/Acceptance Testing |
General info |
Unitils is an open source library whose goal is to make unit and integration testing easy and maintainable.Unitils is divided into modules, each of them providing support for a certain aspect of your unit and integration tests. For example if you need mocking for your tests, just include unitils-mock as a dependency, If you would also want to load DbUnit data sets, just include unitils-dbunit |
Behat is an open source Behavior-Driven Development framework for PHP.Behat uses the StoryBDD subtype of behaviour-driven development (the other subtype is SpecBDD); This means the tests we write with Behat look rather like stories than code. It is inspired by Ruby's Cucumber |
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 |
YesYou can perform unit tests on various components and functionality that make up the front-end |
YesTo enable Behat to test a website, you need to add Mink and a browser emulator (selenium maybe, though slow) to the mix. Mink methods are the connector between Behat and an extensive list of available drivers, and they provide a consistent testing API. |
Server-side
Allows testing the bahovior of a server-side code |
YesUnitils provides support for testing the back-end through modules such as DbUnit which specifically tests your database, i.e connections setup and so on |
YesBehat can be used for Data Integrity Testing to verify that database operations are functioning properly |
Fixtures
Allows defining a fixed, specific states of data (fixtures) that are test-local. This ensures specific environment for a single test |
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YesOne can use the 'Doctrinefixturesbundle' to create the required fixture loaders and load them in our Behat scenarios when required, using the 'BeforeScenario' hook. |
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. |
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YesBehat allows for group 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. |
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By use of third party libraries like moodle-behat-generators |
Licence
Licence type governing the use and redistribution of the software |
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MIT 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) |
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By using third party libraries like Mock and Prophecy |
Grouping
Allows organizing tests in groups |
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YesYou can use tags to group features and scenarios together, independent of your file and directory structure |
Other
Other useful information about the testing framework |
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