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Andre' Jones
26,671 PointsCapybara
do Capybara and Cucumber essentially serving the same purpose. Should I pick one or the other when doing a project or do they do different things?
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Aimee Knight
9,701 PointsAndrea,
They are definitely two different things. Capybara, serves a bit of a niche purpose (integration testing) and is usually used alongside something else (like RSpec). Specifically, Capybara is a domain specific language (DSL) that provided methods for testing what it would be like for a user navigating about your site. Cucumber serves a niche purpose as well, which is to take plain text (that your client might write) and turn that into test code. Unless you're building an app for a client, Cucumber isn't particularly beneficial.
Andre' Jones
26,671 PointsThanks, I'm just starting the Cucumber book and didn't know how it fit with everything. You cleared it up for me.