Cucumber and Selenium are open-source and free tools. Cucumber can be integrated with Selenium for testing and can be used for cross-browser web applications testing. Below are the differences:
Point of Distinction | Selenium | Cucumber |
---|---|---|
Framework? | Automation Testing Framework | Not a Testing Framework |
Tool Type | Browser Automation Testing Tool | Testing Tool based on the BDD. |
Written in | Mostly in Java | Ruby |
Test Script Writing | Programming Language | Gherkin |
Automation Tool | Functional and Performance Automation tool. | Not an automation tool |
Readability | Selenium scripts are difficult to read for client and management | Readable by client and management team |
Performance | Performance of Selenium scripts are faster | Makes script execution slow |
Installation | Difficult to install compare to cucumber | Easy to install |
Reliability | More | Less |
Usage | Selenium is used for API, UI, Functional, Regression, performance testing. | Cucumber is used for story testing |
Programming language support | Java, Python, Ruby, .Net | Java, Scala, Ruby, Groovy |
Documentation Time | Not Saved | Saved. |
Syntax Error | Easily Noticed | You need to compile first |
Plugins | In Selenium, Plugins works slower as compared to cucumber | Faster |
Conditional Statements | Can Use | Can not use |
Script Review | Technical QA | Anyone |
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