What is Detox?
High velocity native mobile development requires us to adopt continuous integration workflows, which means our reliance on manual QA has to drop significantly. It tests your mobile app while it's running in a real device/simulator, interacting with it just like a real user.
Detox is a tool in the Testing Frameworks category of a tech stack.
Detox is an open source tool with 10.2K GitHub stars and 1.9K GitHub forks. Here’s a link to Detox's open source repository on GitHub
Who uses Detox?
Companies
27 companies reportedly use Detox in their tech stacks, including Forget.finance, Greener Bio, and Newzera.
Developers
48 developers on StackShare have stated that they use Detox.
Detox Integrations
Pros of Detox
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Detox's Features
- Automatically Synchronized
- Test Runner Independent
- Debuggable
Detox Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to Detox?
Appium
Appium is an open source test automation framework for use with native, hybrid, and mobile web apps. It drives iOS and Android apps using the WebDriver protocol. Appium is sponsored by Sauce Labs and a thriving community of open source developers.
Jest
Jest provides you with multiple layers on top of Jasmine.
JUnit
JUnit is a simple framework to write repeatable tests. It is an instance of the xUnit architecture for unit testing frameworks.
Cucumber
Cucumber is a tool that supports Behaviour-Driven Development (BDD) - a software development process that aims to enhance software quality and reduce maintenance costs.
RSpec
Behaviour Driven
Development for Ruby.
Making TDD Productive and Fun.
