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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. | PhantomJS is a headless WebKit scriptable with JavaScript. It is used by hundreds of developers and dozens of organizations for web-related development workflow. |
Test on Real Devices;Remote Control;Testing Framework Agnostic;Open Source;Easy Debugging;Continuous Integration | Multiplatform, available on major operating systems: Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, and other Unices;
Fast and native implementation of web standards: DOM, CSS, JavaScript, Canvas, and SVG. No emulation;
Pure headless (no X11) on Linux, ideal for continuous integration systems. Also runs on Amazon EC2, Heroku, and Iron.io;
Easy to install: Download, unpack, and start having fun in just 5 minutes |
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