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Spock Framework

The Enterprise-ready testing and specification framework
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What is Spock Framework?

It is a testing and specification framework for Java and Groovy applications. What makes it stand out from the crowd is its beautiful and highly expressive specification language. It is compatible with most IDEs, build tools, and continuous integration servers.
Spock Framework is a tool in the Testing Frameworks category of a tech stack.
Spock Framework is an open source tool with 3.4K GitHub stars and 462 GitHub forks. Here’s a link to Spock Framework's open source repository on GitHub

Who uses Spock Framework?

Companies
20 companies reportedly use Spock Framework in their tech stacks, including Craftbase, immowelt Hamburg GmbH, and midas-engineering.

Developers
60 developers on StackShare have stated that they use Spock Framework.

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Pros of Spock Framework
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Ease of use via the Given/When/Then approach
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Easily write one test with multiple cases
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Verbose output for test failures
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Built-in mocking library
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Parametrisation

Spock Framework Alternatives & Comparisons

What are some alternatives to Spock Framework?
Cucumber
Cucumber is a tool that supports Behaviour-Driven Development (BDD) - a software development process that aims to enhance software quality and reduce maintenance costs.
JUnit
JUnit is a simple framework to write repeatable tests. It is an instance of the xUnit architecture for unit testing frameworks.
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.
RSpec
Behaviour Driven Development for Ruby. Making TDD Productive and Fun.
pytest
A framework makes it easy to write small tests, yet scales to support complex functional testing for applications and libraries. It is a mature full-featured Python testing tool.
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