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Add to SafariWhen comparing Chrome DevTools vs tape, the Slant community recommends tape for most people. In the question“What are the best tools for measuring web elements in the browser?” tape is ranked 1st while Chrome DevTools is ranked 2nd. The most important reason people chose tape is:
Very simple API that doesn't require globals, or monkey patching objects for assertions.
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Pros
Pro No need for a separate tool
Chrome comes with DevTools baked in. So if Chrome is used for development and it fills the need, there's no need for a separate tool.
Pro Simple API
Very simple API that doesn't require globals, or monkey patching objects for assertions.
Pro Built-in assert
This way you don't have to add more dependencies and external assertion libraries.
Pro No global functions
Tape does not use global methods such as "it", "describe", since they are not considered best practice in JavaScript.
Pro It follows the principles of TAP
TAP: Test Anything Protocol
Cons
Con Limited to the box model of elements
DevTools only displays measurements of the HTML element's box that means that it can't measure, for example, relative to text's baseline or objects within a canvas element.
Con Does not measure distance between elements
DevTools measure dimensions of HTML elements only.
Con No concurrency
Cannot run async test cases concurrently for faster test builds.
