Why developers like WebdriverIO

What is WebdriverIO?

WebdriverIO lets you control a browser or a mobile application with just a few lines of code. Your test code will look simple, concise and easy to read.

WebdriverIO is a tool in the Browser Testing category of a tech stack.

WebdriverIO is an open source tool with 9.4K GitHub stars and 2.6K GitHub forks. Here’s a link to WebdriverIO's open source repository on GitHub

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Who uses WebdriverIO?

Companies

36 companies reportedly use WebdriverIO in their tech stacks, including Alibaba Travels, Affirm, and Taxdoo.

Alibaba Travels

Affirm

Taxdoo

Modanisa.com

Wunderflats

DAZN.com

Festicket

happn

SMARTTechStack

Developers

230 developers on StackShare have stated that they use WebdriverIO.

nick.karnik

My Stack

Yibas Technology

Rosalind

skills

stuff_i_work_with

My Stack

WebdriverIO Integrations

Node.js, Selenium, LambdaTest, Percy, and Applitools are some of the popular tools that integrate with WebdriverIO. Here's a list of all 10 tools that integrate with WebdriverIO.

Node.js

Selenium

LambdaTest

Percy

Applitools

CrossBrowserTesting ...

RedLine13

Testomat

Imagium

Pros of WebdriverIO

Various integrations to vendors like Sauce Labs

Open Source

Great community

Easy to setup

Best solution for broad browser support

Decisions about WebdriverIO

Here are some stack decisions, common use cases and reviews by companies and developers who chose WebdriverIO in their tech stack.

jsettipalli

Aug 9, 2023 | 2 upvotes · 16.1K views

Needs advice

Playwright

and

WebdriverIO

We are planning to automate our test cases for the application written in AngularJS. Which tool would you suggest we use for automation, Playwright or WebdriverIO?

Swathi Giduturi

Aug 9, 2021 | 4 upvotes · 51K views

Needs advice

axios

and

SuperTest

So far, I have worked on UI automation testing using the WebdriverIO+TypeScript+ Cucumber framework. Now my manager wants me to design a framework for API automation testing using TypeScript.

Could someone please suggest if it is ideal to use cucumber for API automation? If not, please provide the reasons. And also, please suggest the best npm packages, framework (Cucumber/ Mocha), API testing module - axios or SuperTest, report generation tool (Allure report or any other) that we can use for API automation testing.

Raziel Alron

Automation Engineer at Tipalti · Dec 10, 2020 | 7 upvotes · 2M views

Needs advice

Puppeteer

and

WebdriverIO

Currently, we are using Protractor in our project. Since Protractor isn't updated anymore, we are looking for a new tool. The strongest suggestions are WebdriverIO or Puppeteer. Please help me figure out what tool would make the transition fastest and easiest. Please note that Protractor uses its own locator system, and we want the switch to be as simple as possible. Thank you!

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WebdriverIO's Features

Extendable
Support for the WebDriver specification as well as to Appium
Easy Test Setup
Run tests on desktop and mobile, Command line interface

WebdriverIO Alternatives & Comparisons

What are some alternatives to WebdriverIO?

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.

Protractor

Protractor is an end-to-end test framework for Angular and AngularJS applications. Protractor runs tests against your application running in a real browser, interacting with it as a user would.

Puppeteer

Puppeteer is a Node library which provides a high-level API to control headless Chrome over the DevTools Protocol. It can also be configured to use full (non-headless) Chrome.

Nightwatchjs

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.

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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