When using capybara for testing, do you still need the likes of selenium?
What are the advantages of either solution?
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When using capybara for testing, do you still need the likes of selenium?
What are the advantages of either solution?
Capybara uses Selenium as one of its drivers. By default, Capybara uses the Rack::Test driver instead of controlling an actual browser with Selenium, but when you run Javascript tests, the Selenium driver is the default.
The project’s README gives a good overview of how the pieces fit together.