What are the best Javascript end-to-end testing tools?

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Best Javascript end-to-end testing tools	Price	Last Updated
-- Cypress	-	Mar 26, 2020
-- Nightwatch.js	-	Feb 11, 2020
-- Puppeteer	Free	Feb 20, 2020
-- WebdriverIO	-	Apr 9, 2020
-- Protractor	free	Dec 18, 2019

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Cypress

Top Pro

Web UI to develop tests quickly

You can edit your test code in the browser and instantly see it run as you change the code. See More

Top Con

Single tab only

Does not and will not support multiple tabs or multiple simultaneous browsers. See https://docs.cypress.io/guides/references/trade-offs.html#Permanent-trade-offs-1 See More

Top Pro

Easy to record a video

It can easily record a video so you can understand what happened when a test failed in your CI. See More

Top Con

NO Cross Browser testing

Top Pro

Amazing Dashboard to view reports and recordings

the cypress dashboard allows you to see every run on a great UI linked to commits and gitflow See More

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Nightwatch.js

Top Con

No official BDD-style syntax support

Top Pro

3rd party integration with Cucumber

Though Cucumber is not officially supported, Nightwatch can be used with Cucumber. See More

Top Con

Bugs

There are some bugs. For example, you can't run Selenium Server via Nightwatch Test Runner so you must do it manually. Also, there is a problem with passing elements-locator as arguments to functions - after writing a function that passes two locators-arguments and trying to pass locators to the function by using Nightwatch notation ('@firstDefinedLocator', '@secondDefinedLocator'), only the first one was passing properly. See More

Top Pro

Includes its own testing framework / assertions library

Top Pro

You don't have to choose a testing framework

Nightwatch solves the Paradox of Choice among testing frameworks such as Jasmine, Cucumber or Mocha+Chai, by including its own BDD-style assertion library, based on Chai. See More

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score 7 · Answer 3

Puppeteer

Top Pro

Runs tests quickly

Due to tight integration with the browser, it can run tests almost 10x faster than WebDriver. See More

Top Con

Not good for Cross Browser Tests

Since it only tests via Chromium, it won't help you test inconsistencies between browsers like Edge or Safari. There are projects to get around this, but they aren't mature. See More

Top Pro

Works great with modern node.js features

Top Pro

Runs a real browser

Unlike the other options here, this is a real browser, just without the GUI parts. This means the quality of the test is much higher, and lets you do things like save to PDF or images. See More

Top Pro

Can install your custom extensions

Allowing the user to install custom extensions make it great for tests end-to-end before publishing them to Chrome Web Store See More

Top Pro

Actively developed and promoted by Google

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WebdriverIO

Top Pro

Excellent API documentation

Top Pro

Simpler syntax than selenium-webdriverjs and WD.js

selenium-webdriverjs: driver.get('http://www.google.com'); driver.findElement(webdriver.By.id('q')).sendKeys('webdriver'); driver.findElement(webdriver.By.id('btnG')).click(); WD.js: browser .get("http://www.google.com") .elementById('q') .sendKeys('webdriver') .elementById('btnG') .click() WebdriverIO: client .url('http://google.com') .setValue('#q','webdriver') .click('#btnG') See More

Top Pro

Synchronous implementation of asynchronous browser commands

So you don't need to worry about promises See More

Top Pro

Works with any testing framework or assertion library

WebdriverIO lets you use your favorite testing framework (Jasmine, Mocha, Cucumber) and assertion library (Chai for Mocha). Other projects implement their own testing and assertion APIs, for example Nightwatch, Intern. It should be mentioned though that v4.2.16 has an incompatibility with at least tap v7.1.2: stdout/stderr written during a run gets lost. See More

Top Pro

Allows you to do visual regression tests using WebdriverCSS

WebdriverIO has a plugin called WebdriverCSS that allows you to do cross visual platfrom/browser tests with an integration to Applitools. See More

Top Pro

Config file generation wizard

Run wdio config and WebdriverIO will generate a config file for testing locally vs. in the cloud, specifying the test framework (Jasmine, Cucumber, Mocha), where to find tests and store screenshots etc. See More

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Protractor

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Testcafe

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CasperJS

Top Con

Based on PhantomJS which has limited maintenance and compatibility

PhantomJS is based on QtWebkit which users will not be using See More

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selenium-webdriverjs

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8 Options Considered

My Recommendation for Cypress

My Recommendation for Cypress

Web UI to develop tests quickly

Single tab only

Easy to record a video

NO Cross Browser testing

Amazing Dashboard to view reports and recordings

My Recommendation for Nightwatch.js

My Recommendation for Nightwatch.js

No official BDD-style syntax support

3rd party integration with Cucumber

Bugs

Includes its own testing framework / assertions library

You don't have to choose a testing framework

My Recommendation for Puppeteer

My Recommendation for Puppeteer

Runs tests quickly

Not good for Cross Browser Tests

Works great with modern node.js features

Runs a real browser

Can install your custom extensions

Actively developed and promoted by Google

My Recommendation for WebdriverIO

My Recommendation for WebdriverIO

Excellent API documentation

Simpler syntax than selenium-webdriverjs and WD.js

Synchronous implementation of asynchronous browser commands

Works with any testing framework or assertion library

Allows you to do visual regression tests using WebdriverCSS

Config file generation wizard

My Recommendation for Protractor

My Recommendation for Protractor

My Recommendation for Testcafe

My Recommendation for Testcafe

My Recommendation for CasperJS

My Recommendation for CasperJS

Based on PhantomJS which has limited maintenance and compatibility

My Recommendation for selenium-webdriverjs

My Recommendation for selenium-webdriverjs

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