Selenium is one of the most popular open-source automated testing tool available nowadays. It automates web applications for testing purposes but is certainly not limited to just that. Selenium is not just a single tool, instead, it is a set of different tools each with a different approach to support test automation. These tools when used together provide many options for locating the UI elements and comparing expected test results against actual application behaviour. The following are the four tools that comprise Selenium's Tool Suite:
Selenium IDE
Selenium RC
Selenium WebDriver
Selenium Grid
Advantages of Selenium Automation Tool:
Selenium is an open source tool.
Unlike proprietary tools, it's available free of cost.
This is the best tool available in the market for web application testing.
One of the Selenium's key features is the support for executing one's tests on multiple browser platforms like Internet Explorer, Firefox, Google Chrome, Opera, Safari etc.
Selenium allows to control a browser from any one of these Six languages to write automation scripts -> Java, C#, Ruby, Python, Perl, and PHP.
Selenium is available for Operating Systems such as Windows, Linux and Mac.
Selenium can be used for Functional, Compatibility, Regression, and User Acceptance Testing. However, in the industry, it is mainly used for Regression Testing.
Disadvantages of using Selenium Automation Tool:
Selenium is a browser-based testing tool. It can’t be used for automating desktop applications and mobile applications. (i.e. It can be used only for automating web-based applications)
Different Browsers supported by Selenium:
The following are the list of supported browsers on which Selenium Automation scripts can be executed:
Chrome Browser
Firefox Browser
Internet Explorer Browser
Safari Browser
Opera Browser
Different Operating Systems / Environments supported by Selenium:
The following are the list of supported Operating System environments on which Selenium Automation scripts can be executed:
Microsoft Windows OS
Apple OS X
Linux OS
Different Programming Languages supported by Selenium:
The following are the list of programming languages using which the Selenium Automation scripts can be developed:
Java
Python
C#
Ruby
JavaScript
Perl
PHP
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