Selenium versus Cypress.io

cypress_example_spec.js

describe('Kitchen Sink', function(){
  it('cy.should - assert that <title> is correct', function(){
    cy
      .visit('https://example.cypress.io/')
      .title().should('include', 'Kitchen Sink')
  })

  context('Querying', function(){
    beforeEach(function(){
      cy.visit('https://example.cypress.io/commands/querying')
    })

    it('cy.get() - query DOM elements', function(){
      cy
        // We can get DOM elements by id
        .get('#query-btn').should('contain', 'Button')

        // We can get DOM elements by class
        .get('.query-btn').should('contain', 'Button')
        
        // we can CSS selectors just like jQuery
        .get('#querying .well>button:first').should('contain', 'Button')
    })
  })
})

selenium_example_spec.js

var selenium = require('selenium-webdriver')
var chai     = require('chai')
var expect   = chai.expect
chai.use(require('chai-as-promised'))

before(function() {
  this.timeout(10000)
  this.driver = new selenium.Builder().withCapabilities(selenium.Capabilities.chrome()).build()
  this.driver.getWindowHandle()
});

after(function() {
  this.driver.quit()
});

describe('Kitchen Sink', function() {
  it('getTitle() - assert that <title> is correct', function() {
    this.driver.get('https://example.cypress.io/')
    expect(this.driver.getTitle()).to.eventually.contain('Cypress.io: Kitchen Sink')
  });
  describe('Querying', function() {
    it('query DOM elements', function() {
      this.driver.get('https://example.cypress.io/commands/querying')

      // We can get DOM elements by id
      var text = this.driver.findElement({id: 'query-btn'}).getText()
      expect(text).to.eventually.equal('Button')

      // We can get DOM elements by class
      text = this.driver.findElement({css: '.query-btn'}).getText()
      expect(text).to.eventually.equal('Button')

      // we can CSS selectors just like jQuery
      text = this.driver.findElement({css: '#querying .well>button:first'}).getText()
      expect(text).to.eventually.equal('Button')
    })
  })
})