what browser does zombie.js use?

Question

So I came across zombie.js, is this a headless browser?

If so, what browser engine does it use?

Could I rely on it for doing lot of automated tests? Basically, I am restricted to a single server, so I would like to squeeze as many browser tests as possible.

Currently, I am relying on Selenium FirefoxDriver to run my tests. How would zombie.js compare in performance and efficiency to Selenium Webdriver browser instances running? However, there's limitation to how many browser instances I can run in parallel.

Answer 1

Yes, Zombie is headless.

"Whick browser engine?" - > well, it uses a mixture of technologies:

• for Javascript: V8 from Chrome (run by node.js)
• for DOM: JSDOM
• for HTML5 parsing: https://github.com/aredridel/html5

Performance: should be much faster, according to author's statement: http://labnotes.org/2010/12/30/zombie-js-insanely-fast-full-stack-headless-testing/