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Karate DSL
Testing FrameworksWhat is Karate DSL?
Combines API test-automation, mocks and performance-testing into a single, unified framework. The BDD syntax popularized by Cucumber is language-neutral, and easy for even non-programmers. Besides powerful JSON & XML assertions, you can run tests in parallel for speed - which is critical for HTTP API testing.
Karate DSL is a tool in the Testing Frameworks category of a tech stack.
Key Features
Native support for both JSON and XMLPowerful payload assertions with "deep-equals"Data-driven testingEasy even for non-programmersEmbedded JavaScript engineTest-doubles or HTTP mocking built-inRe-use test scripts as performance-testsEnvironment switchingComprehensive reports, supported by all CI tools
Karate DSL Pros & Cons
Pros of Karate DSL
- ✓Easy CI integration via cross-platform executable / CLI
- ✓Easy for even non-programmers to get started
- ✓Simple and meaningful asserts for large responses
- ✓Data-driven tests that can even use JSON or CSV sources
- ✓Comprehensive documentation and examples
- ✓Easy parameterized configuration / custom variables
- ✓Very fast api testing tool
- ✓Easy re-use of JSON or JS / Java logic across tests
- ✓IDE support - IntelliJ, Eclipse & Visual Studio Code
- ✓Powerful and flexible payload assertions
Cons of Karate DSL
- ✗ Complex folder structure, without a defined pattern
- ✗Confusing report: Summarized by steps and not by featur
- ✗Finding errors in code is not easy
- ✗Karate uses its own scripting language
- ✗Ode support becomes very time consuming and expensive b
- ✗There is no IntelliSense support in IDE
Karate DSL Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to Karate DSL?
Selenium
Selenium automates browsers. That's it! What you do with that power is entirely up to you. Primarily, it is for automating web applications for testing purposes, but is certainly not limited to just that. Boring web-based administration tasks can (and should!) also be automated as well.
Jest
Jest provides you with multiple layers on top of Jasmine.
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.
JUnit
JUnit is a simple framework to write repeatable tests. It is an instance of the xUnit architecture for unit testing frameworks.
