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behave vs Capybara: What are the differences?
behave: A Python library to implement BDD tests. It is behaviour-driven development, Python style. It uses tests written in a natural language style, backed up by Python code; Capybara: Acceptance test framework for web applications. Capybara helps you test web applications by simulating how a real user would interact with your app. It is agnostic about the driver running your tests and comes with Rack::Test and Selenium support built in. WebKit is supported through an external gem.
behave and Capybara can be primarily classified as "Testing Frameworks" tools.
Some of the features offered by behave are:
- bdd
- tests
- tdd
On the other hand, Capybara provides the following key features:
- No setup necessary for Rails and Rack application. Works out of the box.
- Intuitive API which mimics the language an actual user would use.
- Switch the backend your tests run against from fast headless mode to an actual browser with no changes to your tests.
Capybara is an open source tool with 8.87K GitHub stars and 1.3K GitHub forks. Here's a link to Capybara's open source repository on GitHub.
According to the StackShare community, Capybara has a broader approval, being mentioned in 52 company stacks & 95 developers stacks; compared to behave, which is listed in 4 company stacks and 5 developer stacks.
Pros of behave
Pros of Capybara
- Best acceptance test framework for Ruby on Rails apps12
- Synchronous with Rack::Test2
- Fast with Rack::Test1
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Cons of behave
Cons of Capybara
- Hard to make reproducible tests when using with browser1
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