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☕️ simple, flexible, fun javascript test framework for node.js & the browser (by mochajs)
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E2E test framework for Angular apps (by angular)
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| 138 | 19 | |
| 22,421 | 8,757 | |
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| 7.6 | 0.0 | |
| 8 days ago | 11 months ago | |
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| MIT License | MIT License |
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Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
mocha
Posts with mentions or reviews of mocha.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-03-22.
- Introdução a testes unitários no desenvolvimento de software
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JS Toolbox 2024: Bundlers and Test Frameworks
MochaJS is a feature-rich JavaScript test framework running on Node.js, making it a popular choice for both backend and frontend testing. It's known for its flexibility and straightforward syntax, allowing for asynchronous testing and the use of any assertion library.
- Mocha is being maintained again
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Painless CLI integration testing
We use Jest Framework for testing. Jest is not a dogma, and, of course, in its place can be any other test runner, such as Mocha or Ava. Let's focus on tests. I'll provide a short example because I don’t want to waste your time. You can find the full version here. It's crucial to read the comments in the code below. Let's go!
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How To Write Better and Quality Code
JavaScript Popular tools for testing: Mocha, Jasmine, Unit JS, Jest
- Почему я программирую на Ruby
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Using Node.js for Automated Testing with Headless Browsers
To execute your tests, you can create test scripts using popular testing frameworks like Mocha, Jasmine, or Jest. These frameworks provide a structured way to organize and run your tests, report results, and handle assertions.
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My opinionated JavaScript package template repository - zero config, start immediately
⚗️ Mocha and Chai for testing
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Road Map To Become a Web Developer
Testing frameworks like Jest, Mocha, and Jasmine are crucial for software development, ensuring code reliability and correctness. They offer features like test suites, test cases, assertions, and asynchronous testing support.
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CI/CD Pipeline Using GitHub Actions: Automate Software Delivery
JavaScript / JEST / Mocha
Protractor
Posts with mentions or reviews of Protractor.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-05-23.
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Introduction to Cypress and UI Test Automation
Cypress is a next-generation front-end Automation testing tool built for modern web applications. It is a JavaScript-based end-to-end testing framework and is known for faster test execution as compared with other testing tools (like Selenium or Protractor).
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Overview over Angular’s repositories
Protractor repo (link)
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Nx 14.5 - Cypess v10, Output globs, Linter perf, React Tailwind support
Protractor has been deprecated for a while on the Angular CLI side and given Nx has had Cypress support for a while it has never been a popular choice. Starting with this release we're deprecating the generator for setting up Protractor and we're planning on removing support entirely in Nx v15.
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Angular CLI and Nx - Why?
In recent releases, the Angular CLI kept reducing its feature set, mainly due to tools such as Protractor as well as TSLint being deprecated. As a result, starting with Angular 14, the Angular CLI provides the following when generating a new application:
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Help with automatization
The Protractor testing framework was created for e2e testing of Angular apps. https://www.protractortest.org/
- Unit testing library for Angular application
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Protractor is dead, long live Cypress! - Part 1
Future of Angular E2E & Plans for Protractor · Issue #5502 · angular/protractor
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Angular 12 in Depth
In April, the Angular team has announced plans to end the support of Protractor at the end of 2022.
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Looking for some advise/direction on a new testing framework
"The Angular team plans to end development of Protractor at the end of 2022 (in conjunction with Angular v15)." - https://github.com/angular/protractor/issues/5502
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What UI testing framework do you use and what do you like/dislike about it?
Angular will deprecate Protractor soon https://github.com/angular/protractor/issues/5502
What are some alternatives?
When comparing mocha and Protractor you can also consider the following projects:
Cucumber.js - Cucumber for JavaScript
Playwright - Playwright is a framework for Web Testing and Automation. It allows testing Chromium, Firefox and WebKit with a single API.
jest - Delightful JavaScript Testing.
WebdriverIO - Next-gen browser and mobile automation test framework for Node.js
tap - Test Anything Protocol tools for node
TestCafe - A Node.js tool to automate end-to-end web testing.
pactum - REST API Testing Tool for all levels in a Test Pyramid
Cypress - Fast, easy and reliable testing for anything that runs in a browser.
Nightmare - A high-level browser automation library.