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PHPUnit vs Poltergeist: What are the differences?
PHPUnit: Testing framework for PHP. PHPUnit is a programmer-oriented testing framework for PHP It is an instance of the xUnit architecture for unit testing frameworks.; Poltergeist: A PhantomJS driver for Capybara. Poltergeist is a driver for Capybara. It allows you to run your Capybara tests on a headless WebKit browser, provided by PhantomJS.
PHPUnit and Poltergeist belong to "Testing Frameworks" category of the tech stack.
PHPUnit and Poltergeist are both open source tools. PHPUnit with 14.3K GitHub stars and 1.75K forks on GitHub appears to be more popular than Poltergeist with 2.53K GitHub stars and 437 GitHub forks.
According to the StackShare community, PHPUnit has a broader approval, being mentioned in 43 company stacks & 30 developers stacks; compared to Poltergeist, which is listed in 6 company stacks and 4 developer stacks.
Pros of PHPUnit
- TDD Unit Testing5
- TDD Integration Testing2
- Software Quality2
- TDD Acceptance Testing2
- TDD Unit Testing1
- Unit Testing1
- The de facto standard for xUnit testing in PHP1
Pros of Poltergeist
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Cons of PHPUnit
- Mocked services require more effort and understanding1