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What is Selenium ?

Selenium is a free (open source) automated testing suite for web applications across different browsers and platforms. It is quite similar to HP Quick Test Pro (QTP now UFT) only that Selenium focuses on automating web-based applications. Testing done using Selenium tool is usually referred as Selenium Testing.

Selenium is not just a single tool but a suite of software's, each catering to different testing needs of an organization. It has four components.

  • -Selenium Integrated Development Environment (IDE)
  • -Selenium Remote Control (RC)
  • -WebDriver
  • -Selenium Grid
How to Choose the Right Selenium Tool for Your Need
Tool Why Choose?
Selenium IDE
  • -To learn about concepts on automated testing and Selenium, including:
  • -Selenese commands such as type, open, clickAndWait, assert, verify, etc.
  • -Locators such as id, name, xpath, css selector, etc.
  • -Executing customized JavaScript code using runScript
  • -Exporting test cases in various formats.
  • -To create tests with little or no prior knowledge in programming.
  • -To create simple test cases and test suites that you can export later to RC or WebDriver.
  • -To test a web application against Firefox and Chrome only.
Selenium RC
  • -To design a test using a more expressive language than Selenese.
  • -To run your test against different browsers (except HtmlUnit) on different operating systems.
  • -To deploy your tests across multiple environments using Selenium Grid.
  • -To test your application against a new browser that supports JavaScript.
  • -To test web applications with complex AJAX-based scenarios.
WebDriver
  • -To use a certain programming language in designing your test case.
  • -To test applications that are rich in AJAX-based functionalities.
  • -To execute tests on the HtmlUnit browser.
  • -To create customized test results.
Selenium Grid
  • -To run your Selenium RC scripts in multiple browsers and operating systems simultaneously.
  • -To run a huge test suite, that needs to complete in the soonest time possible.

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