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Ghost Inspector vs Jest: What are the differences?

Developers describe Ghost Inspector as "Automated website testing. Record yourself browsing once. Replay it continuously from the cloud". Ghost Inspector lets you create and manage UI tests that check specific functionality in your website or application. We execute these automated browser tests continuously from the cloud and alert you if anything breaks. On the other hand, Jest is detailed as "Painless JavaScript Unit Testing". Jest provides you with multiple layers on top of Jasmine.

Ghost Inspector can be classified as a tool in the "In-Browser Testing" category, while Jest is grouped under "Javascript Testing Framework".

Some of the features offered by Ghost Inspector are:

  • Automated browser testing from the cloud
  • Chrome extension for test recording
  • GUI editor for test building and editing

On the other hand, Jest provides the following key features:

  • Familiar Approach: Built on top of the Jasmine test framework, using familiar expect(value).toBe(other) assertions
  • Mock by Default: Automatically mocks CommonJS modules returned by require(), making most existing code testable
  • Short Feedback Loop: DOM APIs are mocked and tests run in parallel via a small node.js command line utility

"Simple test editor" is the top reason why over 2 developers like Ghost Inspector, while over 24 developers mention "Open source" as the leading cause for choosing Jest.

Jest is an open source tool with 26.4K GitHub stars and 3.57K GitHub forks. Here's a link to Jest's open source repository on GitHub.

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Pros of Ghost Inspector
Pros of Jest
  • 3
    No code required
  • 3
    Runscope integration
  • 3
    Simple test editor
  • 2
    Screenshot comparison
  • 2
    Videos of every test run
  • 1
    Primarily focus on functional testing
  • 1
    Easy to use API enables remote control
  • 1
    Data-Driven testing
  • 1
    Minimal effort to migrate to another tool like Selenium
  • 1
    Partials and Variables enable fast test creation
  • 1
    30-40 in-parallel tests for cheap
  • 1
    Detailed Documentation
  • 1
    Supports end to end testing with Runscope
  • 1
    Extensive Integrations available
  • 0
    Scheduling tests
  • 0
    Licensed but cheaper compared to other tools
  • 0
    Email notification and Alerts
  • 36
    Open source
  • 32
    Mock by default makes testing much simpler
  • 23
    Testing React Native Apps
  • 20
    Parallel test running
  • 16
    Fast
  • 13
    Bundled with JSDOM to enable DOM testing
  • 8
    Mock by default screws up your classes, breaking tests
  • 7
    Out of the box code coverage
  • 7
    Promise support
  • 6
    One stop shop for unit testing
  • 3
    Great documentation
  • 2
    Assert Library Included
  • 1
    Built in watch option with interactive filtering menu
  • 1
    Preset support
  • 0
    Can be used for BDD
  • 0
    Karma

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Cons of Ghost Inspector
Cons of Jest
  • 0
    Load & Performance testing
  • 0
    Flash Support inside browser
  • 0
    Support Cross-device testing (device, web)
  • 4
    Documentation
  • 4
    Ambiguous configuration
  • 3
    Difficult
  • 2
    Many bugs still not fixed months/years after reporting
  • 2
    Multiple error messages for same error
  • 2
    Difficult to run single test/describe/file
  • 2
    Ambiguous
  • 2
    Bugged
  • 1
    BeforeAll timing out makes all passing tests fail
  • 1
    Slow
  • 1
    Reporter is too general
  • 1
    Unstable
  • 1
    Bad docs
  • 1
    Still does't support .mjs files natively
  • 1
    Can't fail beforeAll to abort tests
  • 0
    Interaction with watch mode on terminal

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What is Ghost Inspector?

It lets you create and manage UI tests that check specific functionality in your website or application. We execute these automated browser tests continuously from the cloud and alert you if anything breaks.

What is Jest?

Jest provides you with multiple layers on top of Jasmine.

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