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Description

Capybara helps you test web applications by simulating how a real user would interact with your app. It is agnostic about the driver running your tests and comes with Rack::Test and Selenium support built in.

Support and updates

  • Capybara has 9612 stars, 1413 forks.
  • It has 0 major releases in the past 6 months.
  • It has 4 commits and there are 20 open pull requests.
  • It has 21 open issues and 1496 have been closed.

Code statistics

  • Capybara has 41 packages.
  • Capybara has 667 methods.

Blogs

Check out the latest blogs from LambdaTest on this topic:

The Art of Testing the Untestable

It’s strange to hear someone declare, “This can’t be tested.” In reply, I contend that everything can be tested. However, one must be pleased with the outcome of testing, which might include failure, financial loss, or personal injury. Could anything be tested when a claim is made with this understanding?

How To Find Hidden Elements In Selenium WebDriver With Java

Have you ever struggled with handling hidden elements while automating a web or mobile application? I was recently automating an eCommerce application. I struggled with handling hidden elements on the web page.

QA’s and Unit Testing – Can QA Create Effective Unit Tests

Unit testing is typically software testing within the developer domain. As the QA role expands in DevOps, QAOps, DesignOps, or within an Agile team, QA testers often find themselves creating unit tests. QA testers may create unit tests within the code using a specified unit testing tool, or independently using a variety of methods.

Top 7 Programming Languages For Test Automation In 2020

So you are at the beginning of 2020 and probably have committed a new year resolution as a tester to take a leap from Manual Testing To Automation . However, to automate your test scripts you need to get your hands dirty on a programming language and that is where you are stuck! Or you are already proficient in automation testing through a single programming language and are thinking about venturing into new programming languages for automation testing, along with their respective frameworks. You are bound to be confused about picking your next milestone. After all, there are numerous programming languages to choose from.

Webinar: Move Forward With An Effective Test Automation Strategy [Voices of Community]

The key to successful test automation is to focus on tasks that maximize the return on investment (ROI), ensuring that you are automating the right tests and automating them in the right way. This is where test automation strategies come into play.

Automation Testing Tutorials

Learn to execute automation testing from scratch with LambdaTest Learning Hub. Right from setting up the prerequisites to run your first automation test, to following best practices and diving deeper into advanced test scenarios. LambdaTest Learning Hubs compile a list of step-by-step guides to help you be proficient with different test automation frameworks i.e. Selenium, Cypress, TestNG etc.

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YouTube

You could also refer to video tutorials over LambdaTest YouTube channel to get step by step demonstration from industry experts.

License

Capybara is lincensed under the MIT License

LambdaTest Community Discussions

Test case code snippets

API Testing - Check forbidden requests

Description:

Verify that the API returns the correct HTTP status code for forbidden requests (e.g. HTTP 403 Forbidden).

Accessibility testing - Additional meaning for visually inadequate text

Description:

If the visible text alone is not sufficient to convey meaning, use advanced techniques to provide additional meaning, such as ARIA attributes, screen reader-only text, or the title attribute.

Accessibility testing - Do not convey information solely through icons or symbols

Description:

Do not convey information solely through icons or symbols.

Shopify webpage testing - Test the wishlist feature

Description:

This test case ensures that the "wishlist" feature functions correctly and that items can be added, updated, or removed from the list as expected.

Downloads

Capybara can be downloaded from it’s GitHub repository - https://github.com/teamcapybara/capybara

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