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Azure DevOps vs Nightwatchjs: What are the differences?
What is Azure DevOps? Services for teams to share code, track work, and ship software. Azure DevOps provides unlimited private Git hosting, cloud build for continuous integration, agile planning, and release management for continuous delivery to the cloud and on-premises. Includes broad IDE support.
What is Nightwatchjs? Automated testing and continous integration framework based on node.js and selenium webdriver. Nightwatch.js is an easy to use Node.js based End-to-End (E2E) testing solution for browser based apps and websites. It uses the powerful Selenium WebDriver API to perform commands and assertions on DOM elements.
Azure DevOps can be classified as a tool in the "Project Management" category, while Nightwatchjs is grouped under "Browser Testing".
Some of the features offered by Azure DevOps are:
- Agile Tools: kanban boards, backlogs, scrum boards
- Reporting: dashboards, widgets, Power BI
- Git: free private repositories, pull requests
On the other hand, Nightwatchjs provides the following key features:
- e2e
- test
- javascript
Nightwatchjs is an open source tool with 9.43K GitHub stars and 927 GitHub forks. Here's a link to Nightwatchjs's open source repository on GitHub.
According to the StackShare community, Azure DevOps has a broader approval, being mentioned in 79 company stacks & 68 developers stacks; compared to Nightwatchjs, which is listed in 16 company stacks and 5 developer stacks.
Pros of Azure DevOps
- Complete and powerful56
- Huge extension ecosystem32
- Azure integration27
- Flexible and powerful26
- One Stop Shop For Build server, Project Mgt, CDCI26
- Everything I need. Simple and intuitive UI15
- Support Open Source13
- Integrations8
- GitHub Integration7
- Cost free for Stakeholders6
- One 4 all6
- Crap6
- Project Mgmt Features6
- Runs in the cloud5
- Agent On-Premise(Linux - Windows)3
- Aws integration2
- Link Test Cases to Stories2
- Jenkins Integration2
- GCP Integration1
Pros of Nightwatchjs
- Open source3
- Testing2
- Automates browsers2
- Better cross browser (use selenium)1
- Cross-Browser Testing1
- Multiple Browser Support1
- Parallel Test Running1
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Cons of Azure DevOps
- Still dependant on C# for agents8
- Half Baked5
- Many in devops disregard MS altogether5
- Not a requirements management tool4
- Jack of all trades, master of none4
- Capacity across cross functional teams not visibile4
- Poor Jenkins integration3
- Tedious for test plan/case creation2
- Switching accounts is impossible1
Cons of Nightwatchjs
- No automatic wait2
- Less flexibility1
- Limited native mobile app support1
- Limited browser support1
- Configuration complexity1