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TestCafe vs unittest : What are the differences?
Developers describe TestCafe as "A Node.js tool to automate end-to-end web testing". It is a pure node.js end-to-end solution for testing web apps. It takes care of all the stages: starting browsers, running tests, gathering test results and generating reports. On the other hand, *unittest * is detailed as "A unit testing framework for Python". It is python’s xUnit style framework. It works much the same as the other styles of xUnit, and if you’re familiar with unit testing in other languages, this framework (or derived versions), may be the most comfortable for you.
TestCafe and unittest belong to "Testing Frameworks" category of the tech stack.
Some of the features offered by TestCafe are:
- Functional Testing
- end-to-end testing
- e2e
On the other hand, unittest provides the following key features:
- Python’s xUnit style framework
- Supports test automation
- Aggregation of tests into collections
TestCafe is an open source tool with 7.26K GitHub stars and 441 GitHub forks. Here's a link to TestCafe's open source repository on GitHub.
Pros of TestCafe
- Cross-browser testing8
- Open source4
- Easy setup/installation4
- Built in waits4
- UI End to End testing3
- Supports Devices without extra software/package2
- Both client and server side debug1
Pros of unittest
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Cons of TestCafe
- No longer free9
