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What are the key differences between laika, RTD and Safety Harness for testing Meteor applications?


Laika, RTD and Safety Harnesss are testing frameworks for Meteor.

What are the key differences between these projects? What are the pros and cons of each?


Solution

  • From a high-level perspective, RTD is more fully featured and is primarily aimed at:

    Laika is lighter-weight and is squarely focused on:

    You could do acceptance testing with Laika and integration testing with RTD... but its much easier to use a tool specifically designed for the job.

    Here's a comparison chart outlining the differences:

    http://safety-harness.meteor.com/comparison

    At the time of writing there are still a few issues with the comparison (RTD does acceptance testing rather than integration) but its a nice overview.