Nemo.js vs Watir

Nemo.js vs Watir: What are the differences?

What is Nemo.js? PayPal’s open source node.js automation framework. Nemo provides a simple way to add selenium automation to your NodeJS web projects. Provides plugin architecture to incorporate custom features to your tests.

What is Watir? Selenium abstraction in ruby. Watir, pronounced water, is an open-source (BSD) family of Ruby libraries for automating web browsers. It allows you to write tests that are easy to read and maintain. It is simple and flexible. Watir drives browsers the same way people do. It clicks links, fills in forms, presses buttons. Watir also checks results, such as….

Nemo.js and Watir can be categorized as "Browser Testing" tools.

Some of the features offered by Nemo.js are:

• Nemo.js wraps around the ubiquitous Selenium WebDriver, and as such, allows control of virtually any browser on any operating system
• Built with a plugin architecture
• Easy interface for authoring new plugins that can then be shared with others

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

• The test scripts are written in Ruby language
• It supports multiple domains and has a test recorder
• It can find elements by its name, index, ID or value.

Nemo.js is an open source tool with 5 GitHub stars and 4 GitHub forks. Here's a link to Nemo.js's open source repository on GitHub.