nightwatch
Integrated end-to-end testing framework written in Node.js and using W3C Webdriver API. Developed at @browserstack (by nightwatchjs)
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☕️ simple, flexible, fun javascript test framework for node.js & the browser (by mochajs)
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nightwatch | mocha | |
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23 | 138 | |
11,715 | 22,421 | |
0.7% | 0.2% | |
9.1 | 7.6 | |
4 days ago | 9 days ago | |
JavaScript | JavaScript | |
MIT License | MIT License |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
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.
nightwatch
Posts with mentions or reviews of nightwatch.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-04-25.
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Automating Android TV app with Nightwatch
Nightwatch which will prompt to create a boilerplate framework specifically for Mobile / TV apps.
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Learn Automated Testing At Home: A Beginner's Guide
6.NightwatchJS: NightwatchJS is a Node.js-based end-to-end testing framework. Key Features: Simplifies writing test scripts using a simple syntax. Supports parallel test execution. Integrates with Selenium WebDriver for cross-browser testing
- How to manipulate rendered HTML on the backend
- Is there a way to automatically find UI related/CSS bugs, something that works like unit testing but it's UI?
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A guide for technical writers on JavaScript Testing Libraries
NightWatchJS
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CSS Selectors And XPath Locators In Selenium Test Automation Scripts
I have shown you the examples of using selectors in the Google Chrome dev tools, but the idea is similar when you write your automation scripts. I will use the Nightwatch testing framework to write the following snippets which will navigate to some webpage, wait to ensure that an interactive element has appeared in the DOM, and finally click on it. If you want to learn using Javascript with Nightwatch framework for your automated tests, you can start with our guide to this.
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A Beginner’s Guide To Test Automation With Javascript(Nightwatch.js). Part 3.
The reason for this behavior is thoroughly explained in Understanding the Command Queue Nightwatch.js GitHub wiki (it is a long read but it’s worth it). In this section, we will not look in such detail, this is going to be a summary of sorts. By the way, this command queue example can be found in Loadero’s public GitHub examples repository here.
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How To Perform Automation Testing With Cucumber And Nightwatch JS?
Nightwatch.js is a popular open-source, Selenium JavaScript-based test automation framework for automating browser-based web applications and websites. It is written in Node.js runtime and uses the W3C WebDriver API (formerly Selenium WebDriver) for interacting with various browsers to perform commands and assertions on DOM elements.
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Properly Configuring Nightwatch to Run Geckodriver
For Firefox-specific options (like command-line args and browser about:config prefs), the property to use is moz:firefoxOptions. That is shipping in the latest default nightwatch.conf.js file, as is the parallel goog:chromeOptions for chromedriver. But if you've got a legacy configuration file—like I did—you'll want to update the old chromeOptions property, too.
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Create, Test and Deploy a Single Page App with Vue 3 + Vite and Pinia
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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
What are some alternatives?
When comparing nightwatch and mocha you can also consider the following projects:
Playwright - Playwright is a framework for Web Testing and Automation. It allows testing Chromium, Firefox and WebKit with a single API.
Cucumber.js - Cucumber for JavaScript
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.
Nightmare - A high-level browser automation library.
pactum - REST API Testing Tool for all levels in a Test Pyramid
puppeteer - Node.js API for Chrome