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Karma vs CrossBrowserTesting : What are the differences?
Karma: Spectacular Test Runner for JavaScript. Karma is not a testing framework, nor an assertion library. Karma just launches a HTTP server, and generates the test runner HTML file you probably already know from your favourite testing framework. So for testing purposes you can use pretty much anything you like; CrossBrowserTesting : A cross browser testing tools for devices and real browsers. Browser testing is a method of quality assurance for web applications across multiple browsers. It's implemented to ensure a website's functionality and design and includes testing a range of devices and operating systems being used in the market and customer base.
Karma and CrossBrowserTesting can be primarily classified as "Browser Testing" tools.
Some of the features offered by Karma are:
- Test on Real Devices
- Remote Control
- Testing Framework Agnostic
On the other hand, CrossBrowserTesting provides the following key features:
- Live Testing
- Automated Screenshots
- Visual Comparisons
Karma is an open source tool with 10.8K GitHub stars and 1.62K GitHub forks. Here's a link to Karma's open source repository on GitHub.
Pros of CrossBrowserTesting
Pros of Karma
- Test Runner61
- Open source35
- Continuous Integration27
- Great for running tests22
- Test on Real Devices18
- Backed by google11
- Easy Debugging5
- Remote Control2
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Cons of CrossBrowserTesting
Cons of Karma
- Slow, because tests are run in a real browser1
- Requires the use of hacks to find tests dynamically1
