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End-to-End Web Testing with Cypress
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End-to-End Web Testing with Cypress

by Waweru Mwaura
January 2021
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
240 pages
5h 5m
English
Packt Publishing
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Chapter 2: Differences between Selenium WebDriver and Cypress

Both Cypress and Selenium WebDriver are test automation frameworks that support end-to-end testing, and when someone mentions Cypress, there is a quick need to compare or find out which is better than the other. Before we get started on understanding the differences between Selenium WebDriver and Cypress, we will first need to understand the different motives for development between the two testing frameworks and who their intended users are.

Understanding the reasons why both Cypress and Selenium WebDriver are architecturally different will play a major role in helping you understand different and similar aspects of both the Selenium WebDriver and Cypress frameworks. In this section, ...

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