Um estudo comparativo entre ferramentas de automação de testes: selenium e cypress

Abstract

The development of software can be a complex process and prone to problems that affect its operation. In order to achieve the desired quality and minimize the occurrence of these problems, the software must be submitted for tests. Therefore, software testing is an integral and continuous process in the development lifecycle, where an application’s bugs, errors, and vulnerabilities can be previously identified and corrected. In this context, the test automation area has stood out, providing agility and efficiency to the testing processes. Several tools are used to assist in this automation activity. Among them, we highlight Selenium, a tool already consolidated in the market, and Cypress, a more recent solution. Both are references in the area of test automation for Web applications. However, studies need to point to a complete comparative reference regarding the performance and application of each of these tools. This work evaluates Selenium and Cypress regarding their applications, features, advantages, disadvantages, and other performance metrics. Therefore, the objective is to guide the choice of these tools in different applications and systems. For this, Ad hoc research was carried out on the tools under study. In addition, we build the implementation and execution of test scripts in a Web application to promote a practical comparison and obtain results of the functional aspects of both tools. As a previous result of this research, we can conclude that both Selenium and Cypress have advantages and disadvantages concerning each other. In general, although Selenium presents many differentials in terms of freedom of use in environments, tools, and languages, it also presents problems of complexity in configuration and an architecture prone to decreasing its performance. On the other hand, despite not being as adaptable as Selenium, Cypress has some features that stand out in writing tests, configuration, and debugging. The results of this study will help developers, testers, and researchers to compare a widely used tool and a new one with a promising future in the area of test automation for dynamic applications on the Web. This work contributed to choosing corporate and educational environments according to resources.