What is Selenium?

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What is Selenium?

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What is Selenium?

• Selenium is a suite of software tools to automate
  web browsers.
• A suite of Software Tools means a set of one or
  more tools together.
• Automate Web Browser This means only automating
  web-based applications, not for window-based
  applications and desktop applications.

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What is the Selenium Tool suite or Selenium
Component?

• Selenium IDE Selenium integrated Environment.
• It is basically used for Recording and Playing.
• It can be used only with FF Browsers. This means
  we can not use it with other browsers.
• It is a FF Browsers Plugin, used to create and
  execute Test Cases.
• Features
• Create Test Cases, Test Suite (We can Record Test
  Cases)
• Enhance Test Cases (like add comments)
• Execute Test Cases, Test Suite one by one.
• Export Test Cases to any other supporting
  language (format) like Java, Ruby, etc.
• Note Selenium IDE Test Cases default format is
  .html

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Selenium RC

• Selenium Remote Control Server It is also known
  as Selenium 1.
• Selenium 1 Selenium IDE Selenium RC
  Selenium Grid
• It is a server and launches all the browsers, but
  one at a time.
• It acts as an API and Library.

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Selenium Webdriver

• The advanced version of Selenium RC is known as
  Selenium Webdriver.
• It is also called Selenium 2
• The limitations which are identified in Selenium
  RC are overcome and given added advantages.
• It supports various programming environments like
  JAVA, PHP, RUBY, etc.
• Using webelement/ Objects/ locators/ properties
  webdriver methods, we can create and execute Test
  Cases.
• It supports all the browsers like FF, Opera, IE,
  Safari Chrome, etc.
• It supports various OS.
• We can use cross-browser testing.
• The default driver for selenium is FF Driver.

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Advantages

• Not necessary to start Selenium Server to run the
  Webdriver program.
• By default, it maximizes the browser and launches
  only the browser, not the command history
  browser.
• By default, Webdriver maintains the page load
  synchronization.
• If it is Page refresh, we need to handle it by
  using thread.sleep().
• We can use Webdriver Selenium RC commands in a
  single class.
• Selenium Webdriver has a programming interface.

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Selenium Grid

• It doesnt support creating Test Cases
• It doesnt for Test Case design
• It is only for Test Execution
• It supports II Test Execution
• Maximum of 5 browsers can be launched
• It is used to save time.
• It is used to execute tests across different
  browsers and different OS.
• Note Selenium Grid 2 supports Selenium RC test
  as well as Selenium Webdriver tests. It doesnt
  support Selenium IDE

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Selendroid

• It is used to test Mobile applications on the
  Android platform.
• What are Testing Framework and other Tools used
  in Selenium Automation?
• Testing Frameworks
• JUnit Framework It is a unit test framework. It
  is basically used by Developers. It doesnt
  belong to Selenium Suite.
• TestNG Framework It is used by Tester. It is
  also not a part of the Selenium Suite.
• Tools
• Eclipse
• It is used to create and execute Java programs.
• To add Webdriver .Jar File
• Install TestNG and JUnit Testing Framework.
• FireBug and Firepath Used as a plug-in with FF
  Browser to find out the web elements. We use
  inspect elements with IE.
• Browsers and Browser Drivers.

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Online Selenium Certificate Exam

• Selenium Webdriver Features Certification Exam
• Selenium IDE 3.X Certification Exam
• Selenium Developer Diploma Exam

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