unittesthttps://docs.Python.org/3/library/unittest.html |
Cucumberhttps://github.com/cucumber/cucumber-ruby |
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| Programming language | Python | Ruby |
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Unit Testing
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Acceptance Testing
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| General info |
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. |
An automation tool for Behavior-Driven Development The specifications are written in plain texts, which allows them to be easily understandable for all stakeholders. Cucumber Framework also supports languages beyond Ruby e.g. Java, JavaScript and Scala. |
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xUnit
Set of frameworks originating from SUnit (Smalltalk's testing framework). They share similar structure and functionality. |
Yes unittest is a xUnit style frameworkfor Python, it was previously called PyUnit. |
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Client-side
Allows testing code execution on the client, such as a web browser |
Yes Front-end functionality and behaviour can be tested by unittest. |
Yes You can test the front-end part like the GUI using cucumber and selenium, they integrate well to test your front-end. |
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Server-side
Allows testing the bahovior of a server-side code |
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 |
Yes You can test back-end components such as APIs using rest & soap clients, and databases using whatever client libraries were provided by the libraries that existed in those stacks |
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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 By use of the 'setUp()' function which is called to prepare the test fixture |
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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 unittest allows you to group your initialization code into a setUp function and clean up code in a tearDown function |
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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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 unittest contains generator methods in the module 'unittest.TestCase' |
Yes You can group your fixtures inside your fixtures directories |
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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 Mocks are available from the library unittest.mock which allows you to replace parts of your system under test with mock objects |
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 One can build suites either manually or use test discovery to build the suite automatically by scanning a directory |
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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