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EPT

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12 Jun 2019 05:56 AM

Copy from SLACK EAG group:

Sitting in the car back home I have been reading the documentation of testcafe (from DevExpress) on my mobile. A node.js tool to automate
end-to-end web testing.
https://devexpress.github.io/testcafe
Interesting. Free and open source, js & typescript, integrated testing and reporting, ui or headless browsers, can integrate with MS devops pipelines, active development, regular new releases.
devexpress.github.io
A node.js tool to automate end-to-end web testing | TestCafe
Use TestCafe to write tests in JS or TypeScript, run them and view results. TestCafe runs on Windows, MacOS, and Linux and takes 1 minute to set up.
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bdukes [19 hours ago]
https://www.cypress.io/oss-plan is the other big name in that space
JavaScript End to End Testing Framework | cypress.io
Open Source Plan
Fast, easy and reliable testing for anything that runs in a browser. Install Cypress in seconds and take the pain out of front-end testing.

EPT [15 hours ago]
Do you have any experience and/or preference of we want to choose?

bdukes [15 hours ago]
no, I haven't investigated either enough to have a strong opinion

David Poindexter [15 hours ago]
Interesting - I’m going to look deeper into both of these

EPT [14 hours ago]
Me too. @David Poindexter Let's keep in contact about this. I know that @Timo Breumelhof is interested too.

David Poindexter [14 hours ago]
Will do - @Vicenç Masanas and @Timo Breumelhof are working to organize testing efforts.

EPT [3 hours ago]
There is an article from a year back that compares the 2 (testcafe, cypress):
https://medium.com/yld-engineering-...d0303d2103
Medium
Evaluating Cypress and TestCafe for end to end testing
Two frameworks have appeared on the scene recently eschewing the long held belief that end to end testing of web applications means…

EPT [3 hours ago]
And a more recent one:
https://xebia.com/blog/cypress-and-...one/
and
https://xebia.com/blog/cypress-and-...two/

Regards,
Ernst Peter

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Tycho de Waard (SU)

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Posts:413

12 Jun 2019 08:46 AM

In addition:
1. Timo and Peter (Donker) gave a demo of Puppeteer on DNN Connect
2. Jan Jonas gave a demo of Testcafe. Knowing Jan, he made a comparison of tools as well and we're curious to hear/read what his thoughts are.

Regards,
Tycho de Waard

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EPT

Basic Member

Posts:69

12 Jun 2019 09:07 AM

ATM I have a preference for TestCafe, but we will create experiments to see if my preference holds.

Regards,
Ernst Peter

XCESS: DNN gebaseerde Webapplicaties en Business Apps, zie xcess.nl

Peter Donker

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Posts:11

15 Jun 2019 06:43 AM

Although this topic is more for the tech group, I'll elaborate on it here. There is an apples vs oranges thing going on here.

It appears to me that TestCafe *without* TestCafe Studio is very much like Puppeteer. TestCafe Studio looks like a very good choice. But it's not free by a long shot. The real benefit of using TestCafe Studio is in the creation and manipulation of tests. That is very powerful.

EPT

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Posts:69

15 Jun 2019 01:38 PM

AFAICS, TestCafe has test rules build in, whereas I understood from your DNNConnect session that puppeteer does not.

To create scripts is is indeed the best option if you have the Testafe studio (about $300), but to run and/or change the scripts, TestCafe studio is not a requirement.

Regards,
Ernst Peter

XCESS: DNN gebaseerde Webapplicaties en Business Apps, zie xcess.nl

Peter Donker

New Member

Posts:11

23 Jun 2019 04:47 AM

Yes, you are right on both accounts. However, adding the actual "test logic" around puppeteer seems to be a mere formality with zero investment or weirdness. As to TestCafe studio: someone would then need to fork out the $ and create those tests.

Anyway. It is one of the many test options we have and we should put this on a big Excel or something.

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