Chapter 7: Core Capabilities of the Leading JavaScript Test Automation Frameworks
Earlier in the book in Chapter 4, Matching Personas and Use Cases to Testing Frameworks, we provided a table that broke down all the critical capabilities across the top four test automation frameworks – Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, and Puppeteer. In this chapter, we will connect these capabilities and provide per each capability the recommended test framework to go with it. When combining multiple capabilities with the recommended frameworks, frontend developers can use this chapter to make a data-driven decision.
The chapter is designed to offer the following:
- An overview of the core capabilities of the leading test automation frameworks
- A compelling events list that can suggest a re-assessment of the test automation framework currently in use
After reading this chapter, you should be able to better evaluate a web test automation framework while considering its core capabilities...