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Capybara is a web-based test automation software that simulates scenarios for user stories and automates web application testing for behavior-driven software development. It is a part of the Cucumber testing framework written in the Ruby programming language that simulates various aspects of a web browser from the perspective of a real user.

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Easy way to switch to headless automated testing after normal browser test?

Im somewhat familiar with using Capybara/Cucumber (Although Cucumber will be useless for this since I won't need to display any acceptance tests or anything human readable). … Capybara seems ideal for this, although im a bit confused.....if Im not using Cucumber with Capybara, what DO I use language wise? Rspec? Edit: Also any suggestions on the initial driver to use? …
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Where should 'requires' be kept with regards to rails Automated testing?

I've seen both usages: As in say im testing a web app using Capybara/Rspec? … I seen it edited in the spec_helper.rb file: 'require capybara/rspec' require 'capybara/poltergeist' Capybara.javascript_driver = :poltergeist for example. …
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Selenium integration testing on Node?

Im used to using Capybara, so I don't know the bindings for node. Im assuming i'd use the JS one's...however it's a lot more confusing than Capybara as im a bit lost in reading the API. … When using Capybara (for rails) I used the Poltergeist (Which uses PhantomJS) driver.....so in that case Capybara was just serving as a DSL for the PhantomJS driver right? …
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Preferred methods of finding elements using Capybara + Poltergeist

(I seem to always have to end up using Xpath w/Capybara+Poltergeist. But it feels brittle). I'm just trying to figure out best practices for these things, is there a good guide for this? …
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Non-headless Automation Testing on CI Server?

I have a Rails project which i've written Automated tests for in Capybara using ChromeDriver/Selenium. It works great, but is quite long. …
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Using existing framework for new PoM framework bad practice? [duplicate]

However I am used to using Capybara to write test scripts. So I have also chosen to write the framework in Capybara as well. I was curious if this is considered "Bad practice"?. … Capybara is extremely popular (So much so that it was integrated into Rails not so long ago) so I don't see it going anywhere. …
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PoM Design/Architecture questions

Im writing my first PoM framework, it's using Ruby and Capybara (With Selenium for the webdriver). … Capybara seems to work slightly different and we don't create drivers the same way but can do the same thing with sessions. …
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Deleting created data from Automated Tests?

I would use database cleaner, but I cannot find a good tutorial on using it with capybara/poltergeist. … Plus im not sure it works on remote sites (Since im not spinning up a capybara server, im hitting a remote site even if it's just localhost). …
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Page Object Model with Ruby and Selenium(Capybara)?

So I've written a good amount of scripts using Capybara with Selenium Web-driver. …
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Writing Automated tests that don't need Cucumber?

So i've been using Cucumber w/Capybara and Poltergeist to write automated tests for awhile now. It works pretty well and I enjoy it and it mostly makes sense (still learning it of course). … Just Selenium or Capybara rspec? Im really unsure of where I would go from here? …
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