Mocha vs Venus.js: What are the differences?
Developers describe Mocha as "Simple, flexible, fun javascript test framework for node.js & the browser". Mocha is a feature-rich JavaScript test framework running on node.js and the browser, making asynchronous testing simple and fun. Mocha tests run serially, allowing for flexible and accurate reporting, while mapping uncaught exceptions to the correct test cases. On the other hand, Venus.js is detailed as "*Where bugs go to die *". It is a testing tool for JavaScript (JS), which simplifies running unit tests. When you are developing a browser-based project in JS, you'll want to create unit tests and run them frequently. Typically, you'll write a unit test using some library, such as Mocha or Jasmine. These libraries let you define testcases (or "specs" if you are following a BDD style), and provide APIs for writing assertions.
Mocha and Venus.js can be primarily classified as "Javascript Testing Framework" tools.
Some of the features offered by Mocha are:
- browser support
- simple async support, including promises
- test coverage reporting
On the other hand, Venus.js provides the following key features:
- Use Simple annotations in your tests to specify which testing library you want to use, the file you are testing, other file dependencies, and a test harness template
- Quickly run your browser-based tests directly from the command line using PhantomJS
- Run your tests from the command line in multiple browsers (running locally or remotely) at the same time
Mocha is an open source tool with 19.3K GitHub stars and 2.65K GitHub forks. Here's a link to Mocha's open source repository on GitHub.