JavaScript testing
Since there usually are web UI implementations of nearly every product these days, the JavaScript testing frameworks deserve special mention:
- Karma is a test runner for unit tests in the JavaScript language
- Jasmine is a Cucumber-like behavior testing framework
- Protractor is used for AngularJS
Protractor is a different testing framework, similar to Selenium in scope but optimized for AngularJS, a popular JavaScript user interface framework. While it would appear that new web development frameworks come and go everyday, it's interesting to note why a test framework like Protractor exists when Selenium is available and is general enough to test AngularJS applications too.
First of all, Protractor actually uses the Selenium web driver ...
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