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Karma vs Geb: What are the differences?

Karma: Spectacular Test Runner for JavaScript. Karma is not a testing framework, nor an assertion library. Karma just launches a HTTP server, and generates the test runner HTML file you probably already know from your favourite testing framework. So for testing purposes you can use pretty much anything you like; Geb: A browser automation solution. It brings together the power of WebDriver, the elegance of jQuery content selection, the robustness of Page Object modelling and the expressiveness of the Groovy language.It can be used for scripting.

Karma and Geb belong to "Browser Testing" category of the tech stack.

Some of the features offered by Karma are:

  • Test on Real Devices
  • Remote Control
  • Testing Framework Agnostic

On the other hand, Geb provides the following key features:

  • Groovy browser automation
  • Web Testing
  • Screen Scraping

Karma and Geb are both open source tools. Karma with 10.8K GitHub stars and 1.61K forks on GitHub appears to be more popular than Geb with 972 GitHub stars and 217 GitHub forks.

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Pros of Geb
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      Test Runner
    • 35
      Open source
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      Continuous Integration
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      Great for running tests
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      Test on Real Devices
    • 11
      Backed by google
    • 5
      Easy Debugging
    • 2
      Remote Control

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    Cons of Geb
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        Slow, because tests are run in a real browser
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        Requires the use of hacks to find tests dynamically

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      What is Geb?

      It brings together the power of WebDriver, the elegance of jQuery content selection, the robustness of Page Object modelling and the expressiveness of the Groovy language.It can be used for scripting

      What is Karma?

      Karma is not a testing framework, nor an assertion library. Karma just launches a HTTP server, and generates the test runner HTML file you probably already know from your favourite testing framework. So for testing purposes you can use pretty much anything you like.

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      What are some alternatives to Geb and Karma?
      Selenium
      Selenium automates browsers. That's it! What you do with that power is entirely up to you. Primarily, it is for automating web applications for testing purposes, but is certainly not limited to just that. Boring web-based administration tasks can (and should!) also be automated as well.
      Cypress
      Cypress is a front end automated testing application created for the modern web. Cypress is built on a new architecture and runs in the same run-loop as the application being tested. As a result Cypress provides better, faster, and more reliable testing for anything that runs in a browser. Cypress works on any front-end framework or website.
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      Selenide
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      Protractor
      Protractor is an end-to-end test framework for Angular and AngularJS applications. Protractor runs tests against your application running in a real browser, interacting with it as a user would.
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