What is JUnit?
JUnit is a simple framework to write repeatable tests. It is an instance of the xUnit architecture for unit testing frameworks.
JUnit is a tool in the Testing Frameworks category of a tech stack.
JUnit is an open source tool with 8.5K GitHub stars and 3.3K GitHub forks. Here’s a link to JUnit's open source repository on GitHub
Who uses JUnit?
Companies
252 companies reportedly use JUnit in their tech stacks, including Intuit, Platform, and doubleSlash.
Developers
894 developers on StackShare have stated that they use JUnit.
JUnit Integrations
Java, ScalaTest, LambdaTest, Karate DSL, and Robolectric are some of the popular tools that integrate with JUnit. Here's a list of all 15 tools that integrate with JUnit.
Decisions about JUnit
Here are some stack decisions, common use cases and reviews by companies and developers who chose JUnit in their tech stack.
Amit Jaggi
We are looking for a Testing Tool that can integrate with Java/ React/ Go/ Python/ Node.js. Which amongst the three tools JUnit, NUnit & Selenium would be the best for this use case?
Joshua Dean Küpper
CEO at Scrayos UG (haftungsbeschränkt) · | 1 upvote · 565.5K views
We use JUnit for our Java Unit and Integration tests in Version 5. Combined with @JMockit2 and @truth (from Google) we perform all kinds of tests on our minecraft, standalone and microservice architecture.
We prefer JUnit over TestNG because of the bigger community, better support and the generally more agile development. JUnit integrates nicely with most software, while TestNG support is a little more limited.
JUnit Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to JUnit?
NUnit
An evolving, open source framework designed for writing and running tests in Microsoft .NET programming languages.It is an aspect of test-driven development , which is part of a larger software design paradigm known as Extreme Programming
TestNG
It is a testing framework designed to simplify a broad range of testing needs, it covers all categories of tests: unit, functional, end-to-end, integration, etc.Run your tests in arbitrarily big thread pools with various policies available (all methods in their own thread, one thread per test class, etc.
Mockito
It is a mocking framework that tastes really good. It lets you write beautiful tests with a clean & simple API. It doesn’t give you hangover because the tests are very readable and they produce clean verification errors.
Arquillian
It is an integration and functional testing platform that can be used for Java middleware testing. With the main goal of making integration (and functional) tests as simple to write as unit tests, it brings the tests to the runtime environment, freeing developers from managing the runtime from within the test.
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.
