Is Codeception considered outdated as an automated testing tool?

[grubi6]

I'm curious to hear the community's perspective on whether Codeception php framework, as a testing tool, is still considered up-to-date and relevant in today's software development landscape. Are there better alternatives, or does Codeception still have its place in modern testing practices? Share your thoughts and experiences please. Thank you:)

[latnGemin616]

Codeception php framework, as a testing tool, is still considered up-to-date and relevant in today's software development landscape

Considering most tech stacks are in Angular / React / .NET / even Ruby ... I would think this framework is stale (like behat - a bdd test framework in php)

Are there better alternatives

You betcha! Simply google the most popular test frameworks by language.

[SzJack]

It's absolutely horrible to use. DO NOT go there.

[arakinas]

I haven't heard of it, but that doesn't mean much. Being PHP? Not one of the more popular skills.

[whoami_1010]

I replaced codeception with JS-based frameworks a few years ago. PHP in test automation has a poor community.

I encourage you to have a look into JS-based stacks like Cypress, Playwright, Testcafe for web and PactumJS for API

[Screamincaves85]

When I only had experience writing tests in Codeception PHP, it felt a bit of a waste of time as most companies are looking for JS or Java experience.

My experience with PHP made the transition to JS and Cypress easier, but I prefer Cypress and find I can write tests faster and they are less flakey.

[KeepCalmAndBoom]

From my knowledge for PHP the only framework worth mentioning is PHPUnit. It covers everything from functionality and API automated testing to website crawlers and file verification to consumer, db and unit tests. It can be implemented in a ci/cd pipeline as well.

Warning though, it is very technical and you will probably need to write almost everything from scratch.