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Capybara vs PhpSpec: What are the differences?
What is Capybara? Acceptance test framework for web applications. Capybara helps you test web applications by simulating how a real user would interact with your app. It is agnostic about the driver running your tests and comes with Rack::Test and Selenium support built in. WebKit is supported through an external gem.
What is PhpSpec? A toolset for behavior driven development. It is a tool which can help you write clean and working PHP code using behaviour driven development or BDD. BDD is a technique derived from test-first development.
Capybara and PhpSpec can be categorized as "Testing Frameworks" tools.
Capybara is an open source tool with 8.87K GitHub stars and 1.3K GitHub forks. Here's a link to Capybara's open source repository on GitHub.
Pros of Capybara
- Best acceptance test framework for Ruby on Rails apps12
- Synchronous with Rack::Test2
- Fast with Rack::Test1
Pros of PhpSpec
- BDD Unit Testing1
- Better for code optimisation (BDD over TDD)1
- Mocked dependant services by default1
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Cons of Capybara
- Hard to make reproducible tests when using with browser1
Cons of PhpSpec
- Less support; devs are more used to PHP Unit1