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Nightwatchjs vs Rainforest QA: What are the differences?
What is Nightwatchjs? Automated testing and continous integration framework based on node.js and selenium webdriver. Nightwatch.js is an easy to use Node.js based End-to-End (E2E) testing solution for browser based apps and websites. It uses the powerful Selenium WebDriver API to perform commands and assertions on DOM elements.
What is Rainforest QA? Front-end QA as a service. Rainforest gives you the reliability of a QA team and the speed of automation, without the hassle of managing a team or the pain of writing automated tests.
Nightwatchjs and Rainforest QA can be primarily classified as "Browser Testing" tools.
Some of the features offered by Nightwatchjs are:
- e2e
- test
- javascript
On the other hand, Rainforest QA provides the following key features:
- Infinitely Scalable, On-Demand QA Team
- Cross Browser Testing
- Regression, Functional, and Exploratory Testing
Nightwatchjs is an open source tool with 9.43K GitHub stars and 925 GitHub forks. Here's a link to Nightwatchjs's open source repository on GitHub.
Pros of Nightwatchjs
- Open source3
- Testing2
- Automates browsers2
- Better cross browser (use selenium)1
- Cross-Browser Testing1
- Multiple Browser Support1
- Parallel Test Running1
Pros of Rainforest QA
- Cross-browser testing13
- Powerful API7
- QA7
- Super-simple test creation7
- Easy way to get real front-end smoke tests6
- Simple5
- CI Integration5
- Manual regression testing results in 30 mins3
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Cons of Nightwatchjs
- No automatic wait2
- Less flexibility1
- Limited native mobile app support1
- Limited browser support1
- Configuration complexity1