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Mocha vs QUnit: What are the differences?

What is Mocha? Simple, flexible, fun javascript test framework for node.js & the browser. Mocha is a feature-rich JavaScript test framework running on node.js and the browser, making asynchronous testing simple and fun. Mocha tests run serially, allowing for flexible and accurate reporting, while mapping uncaught exceptions to the correct test cases.

What is QUnit? A JavaScript Unit Testing framework. QUnit is a powerful, easy-to-use JavaScript unit testing framework. It's used by the jQuery, jQuery UI and jQuery Mobile projects and is capable of testing any generic JavaScript code, including itself!.

Mocha and QUnit can be categorized as "Javascript Testing Framework" tools.

"Open source" is the top reason why over 130 developers like Mocha, while over 4 developers mention "Simple" as the leading cause for choosing QUnit.

Mocha and QUnit are both open source tools. Mocha with 18.1K GitHub stars and 2.44K forks on GitHub appears to be more popular than QUnit with 3.83K GitHub stars and 763 GitHub forks.

According to the StackShare community, Mocha has a broader approval, being mentioned in 399 company stacks & 272 developers stacks; compared to QUnit, which is listed in 11 company stacks and 6 developer stacks.

What is Mocha?

Mocha is a feature-rich JavaScript test framework running on node.js and the browser, making asynchronous testing simple and fun. Mocha tests run serially, allowing for flexible and accurate reporting, while mapping uncaught exceptions to the correct test cases.

What is QUnit?

QUnit is a powerful, easy-to-use JavaScript unit testing framework. It's used by the jQuery, jQuery UI and jQuery Mobile projects and is capable of testing any generic JavaScript code, including itself!

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Why do developers choose Mocha?

Why do developers choose QUnit?

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Open source
97
Simple
79
Promise support
44
Flexible
27
Easy to add support for Generators
10
For browser and server testing
5
Curstom assertion libraries

5
Simple
3
Open Source
3
Easy setup
2
Promise support

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What are some alternatives to Mocha and QUnit?

Jasmine

Jasmine is a Behavior Driven Development testing framework for JavaScript. It does not rely on browsers, DOM, or any JavaScript framework. Thus it's suited for websites, Node.js projects, or anywhere that JavaScript can run.

Jest

Jest provides you with multiple layers on top of Jasmine.

Chai

It is a BDD / TDD assertion library for node and the browser that can be delightfully paired with any javascript testing framework. It has several interfaces that allow the developer to choose the most comfortable. The chain-capable BDD styles provide an expressive language & readable style, while the TDD assert style provides a more classical feel.

Enzyme

Enzyme is a JavaScript Testing utility for React that makes it easier to assert, manipulate, and traverse your React Components' output.

Cypress

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.

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