Selenium is a software testing framework for the web that facilitates the automation of browsers.Selenium is not just a single tool but a suite of software's, each catering to different testing needs of an organization. Selenium was created by Jason Huggins in 2004 It has four components.
1. Selenium Integrated Development Environment (IDE)
Selenium IDE is a simple but powerful Firefox extension that lets users record and replay sets of browser interactions as test cases. Shinya Kasatani of Japan created Selenium IDE .
2. Selenium Grid: Selenium Grid is a server that allows tests to use
web browser instances running on remote machines. It allows the Selenium
RC solution to scale for large test suites and for test suits that must
be run in multiple environments. Different tests can be run at the same
time on different remote machines. Selenium Grid was developed by
Patrick Lightbody
3. Selenium RC or Remote Control: Selenium RC was the main Selenium project for a long time before the Selenium Webdriver merge brought up Selenium 2, the newest and more powerful tool. create a server by Paul Hammant .
4. Selenium Web Driver : The WebDriver proves itself to be better than both Selenium IDE and Selenium RC in many aspects. It implements a more modern and stable approach in automating the browser's actions. WebDriver, unlike Selenium RC, does not rely on JavaScript for automation. It controls the browser by directly communicating to it.
The supported languages are the same as those in Selenium RC.
Java
C#
PHP
Python
Perl
Ruby
3. Selenium RC or Remote Control: Selenium RC was the main Selenium project for a long time before the Selenium Webdriver merge brought up Selenium 2, the newest and more powerful tool. create a server by Paul Hammant .
4. Selenium Web Driver : The WebDriver proves itself to be better than both Selenium IDE and Selenium RC in many aspects. It implements a more modern and stable approach in automating the browser's actions. WebDriver, unlike Selenium RC, does not rely on JavaScript for automation. It controls the browser by directly communicating to it.
The supported languages are the same as those in Selenium RC.
Java
C#
PHP
Python
Perl
Ruby
Why Selenium
Selenium is an open source tool with Corporate backing
Selenium deploys on Windows, Linux, and Macintosh platforms
It allows recording, editing, and debugging tests.
Tests can then be run against most modern web browsers.
Recorded tests can be exported in most language e.g. html, Java, .net, ruby , python etc.
Selenium deploys on Windows, Linux, and Macintosh platforms
It allows recording, editing, and debugging tests.
Tests can then be run against most modern web browsers.
Recorded tests can be exported in most language e.g. html, Java, .net, ruby , python etc.
