Puppeteer Tutorial
Selected Reading
- Puppeteer - Discussion
- Puppeteer - Useful Resources
- Puppeteer - Quick Guide
- Puppeteer - Capture Screenshot
- Puppeteer - Synchronization
- Puppeteer - Disable JavaScript
- Puppeteer - Device Emulation
- Puppeteer - Getting Element Attribute
- Puppeteer - Getting Element Text
- Puppeteer - Keyboard Simulation
- Puppeteer - Handling Frames
- Handling Edit Boxes & Checkboxes
- Puppeteer - Handling Links/Button
- Puppeteer - Attribute Selector
- Puppeteer - Id Selector
- Name Selector & Class Name Selector
- Puppeteer - Type Selector
- Puppeteer - Xpath Axes
- Puppeteer - Relative Xpath
- Puppeteer - Absolute Xpath
- Puppeteer - Xpath Grouping
- Puppeteer - Xpath Attributes
- Puppeteer - Xpath Functions
- Puppeteer - Locators
- Puppeteer - Handling Drop-downs
- Puppeteer - Handling Confirm Alerts
- Puppeteer - Chrome
- Puppeteer - Firefox
- Puppeteer - Basic Commands
- Puppeteer - Handling Tabs
- Puppeteer - Browser Operations
- Comparison Between Puppeteer & Cypress
- Comparison Between Puppeteer & Protractor
- Comparison Between Puppeteer & Selenium
- Puppeteer - Non Headless Execution
- Puppeteer - Basic Test
- Puppeteer - Installation
- Puppeteer VS Code Configuration
- Puppeteer - NodeJS Installation
- Puppeteer - Usage of Google
- Puppeteer - Element Handling
- Puppeteer - Introduction
- Puppeteer - Home
Selected Reading
- Who is Who
- Computer Glossary
- HR Interview Questions
- Effective Resume Writing
- Questions and Answers
- UPSC IAS Exams Notes
Comparison Between Puppeteer & Protractor
Comparison Between Puppeteer & Protractor
The major differences between Puppeteer and Protractor are given below −
| Sr.No. | Puppeteer | Protractor |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Puppeteer is a module in node developed for Chromium engine. | Protractor is a dedicated test automation tool. |
| 2 | Puppeteer is faster in executing tests than Protractor. | Protractor is slower in executing tests than Puppeteer. |
| 3 | Puppeteer is developed mainly for Chromium so the tests developed are mainly executed in Chrome. | Protractor can be used to execute tests on multiple browsers pke Chrome, Firefox, IE, Safari, and so on. |
| 4 | Puppeteer can be used for API testing by utipsing the requests and the responses. | API testing with Protractor is difficult. |
| 5 | Puppeteer can be used to verify the count of CSS and JavaScript files utipsed for loading a webpage. | Protractor cannot be used to verify the count of CSS and JavaScript files utipsed for loading a webpage. |
| 6 | Puppeteer can be used to work on the majority of features in the DevTools in the Chrome browser. | Protractor cannot be used to work on the majority of features in the DevTools in the Chrome browser. |
| 7 | Puppeteer can be used to execute tests on various devices with the help of the emulators. | Using an emulator with Protractor is not easy. |
| 8 | Puppeteer can be used to save a screenshot in both image and PDF formats. | Protractor can be used to save a screenshot in only image format. |
| 9 | Puppeteer can be used to obtain the time needed for a page to load. | Protractor cannot be used to obtain the time needed for a page to load. |
| 10 | In Puppeteer, we can verify an apppcation without image loading. | In Protractor, we can verify an apppcation without image loading. |
Let us observe the npm trends of Puppeteer and Protractor for the last two years. We shall observe an upward trend towards the use of Puppeteer than Protractor (available from the below pnk) −
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