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Cypress vs Robot Framework: What are the differences?
Cypress: Better, faster, and more reliable testing for anything that runs in a browser. Cypress is a front end automated testing application created for the modern web. Cypress is built on a new architecture and runs in the same run-loop as the application being tested. As a result Cypress provides better, faster, and more reliable testing for anything that runs in a browser. Cypress works on any front-end framework or website; Robot Framework: A test automation framework for acceptance testing and ATDD. It is a generic test automation framework for acceptance testing and acceptance test-driven development. It has easy-to-use tabular test data syntax and it utilizes the keyword-driven testing approach. Its testing capabilities can be extended by test libraries implemented either with Python or Java, and users can create new higher-level keywords from existing ones using the same syntax that is used for creating test cases.
Cypress can be classified as a tool in the "Javascript Testing Framework" category, while Robot Framework is grouped under "Testing Frameworks".
As we all know testing is an important part of any application. To assist with our testing we are going to use both Cypress and Jest. We feel these tools complement each other and will help us get good coverage of our code. We will use Cypress for our end to end testing as we've found it quite user friendly. Jest will be used for our unit tests because we've seen how many larger companies use it with great success.
Pros of Cypress
- Open source21
- Great documentation16
- Fast13
- Simple usage13
- Cross Browser testing7
- Easy us with CI7
- Npm install cypress only4
Pros of Robot Framework
- Easy with CI/CD13
- Open Source10
- Simple Usage8
- Easily extendable6
- Vast Scope more than Front End6
- Fast6
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Cons of Cypress
- Cypress is weak at cross-browser testing12
- Switch tabs : Cypress can'nt support8
- No multiple domain support6
- No xPath support6
- No page object support6
- No iFrame support6
- No support for multiple tab control5
- Cypress doesn't support native app5
- Re-run failed tests retries not supported yet5
- No file upload support5
- No support for multiple browser control4
- No support for Safari3
- Adobe2
- Not freeware2
- $20/user/thread for reports1
- No 'WD wire protocol' support1
- Using a non-standard automation protocol1
Cons of Robot Framework
- Nested Loops7
- Mostly for python1
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