Selenium is an open-source testing framework used to automate tests for only web applications. It supports automation on different browsers and operating systems. It provides a single interface that allows you to write test scripts in programming languages like Ruby, Java, NodeJS, PHP, Perl, Python, and C#.

What are the tools used in Selenium?

The tools used in selenium to execute or automate the tests are; Selenium IDE, Selenium RC (deprecated), WebDriver, and Selenium Grid. They support test execution on multiple browsers, languages, and operating systems.

What are the languages supported by WebDriver?

The WebDriver controls the browser directly and supports the languages C#, Java, Python, PHP, Perl, and Ruby.

Selenium RC(Remote Control) is a tool provided by selenium to test the UI of the web applications written in any programming language. It involves the HTTP proxy server to execute tests and contains two components; Selenium RC client and RC server.

Table of contents

Introduction

Selenium Tool Suite

Selenium IDE

3.1.

WebDriver

3.2.

Selenium grid

Frequently Asked Questions

Key Takeaways

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Introduction

We test every code or application to find out the behavior of the application or whether it achieves all the requirements, and serves the user with expected functionality and the correct use cases. You might have come across testing frameworks like JUnit, TestNg, etc., but they are used to perform testing on only a single language or two. But what if we need to test a project which contains multiple programming languages? We cannot install different frameworks for different languages. So to help us overcome such problems, a framework called Selenium is designed. Selenium allows us to test a lot of programming languages. Let’s learn selenium and about its tool suite in this article.

Selenium Tool Suite

Selenium is not a single tool; it provides multiple tools to automate testing. There are different types of testing tools offered by selenium to serve different needs of testing. They are

Selenium IDE
Selenium RC (deprecated)
WebDriver
Selenium grid

Selenium IDE

Selenium IDE(Integrated Development Environment) is an open-source automation testing tool provided by selenium to help us write test cases. It is user-friendly as no server installation is required to run the tests in IDE. It allows us to convert the test cases to different programming languages without the necessary knowledge of the programming language. It is an extension or addon supported by Mozilla Firefox and Chrome browsers to automate tests and generate reports. It also supports record and playback functionality on test scripts. It allows the testers to export the recorded tests in any language. You can refer to this article for more information about Selenium IDE and its installation.

WebDriver

The selenium WebDriver is a successor to the Selenium RC(Remote Control). WebDriver is used to create and execute test cases for web applications on either desktop or mobile devices. The web driver controls the browser by directly communicating with it. The test cases identify the elements on web pages through communication and then perform the desired actions on the elements. The webDriver communicated differently with different browsers, so we have their corresponding webDrivers separately.

Selenium grid

Selenium grid provides the features to run parallel tests in different browsers on different machines. The execution of multiple tests simultaneously is called “Parallel execution”. It follows the Hub-Node architecture to execute parallel test scripts. The Hub is considered the master of the network and controls the execution of test scripts on various nodes of the network. The test cases are automatically executed once they are triggered. It supports distributed tests execution to execute them over multiple platforms and machines.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Selenium?
Selenium is an open-source testing framework used to automate tests for only web applications. It supports automation on different browsers and operating systems. It provides a single interface that allows you to write test scripts in programming languages like Ruby, Java, NodeJS, PHP, Perl, Python, and C#.
What are the tools used in Selenium?
The tools used in selenium to execute or automate the tests are; Selenium IDE, Selenium RC (deprecated), WebDriver, and Selenium Grid. They support test execution on multiple browsers, languages, and operating systems.
What is Selenium IDE used for?
Selenium IDE is an open-source automation testing tool provided by selenium to help us write test cases. It is user-friendly as no server installation is required to run the tests in IDE.
What are the languages supported by WebDriver?
The WebDriver controls the browser directly and supports the languages C#, Java, Python, PHP, Perl, and Ruby.
What is Selenium RC?
Selenium RC(Remote Control) is a tool provided by selenium to test the UI of the web applications written in any programming language. It involves the HTTP proxy server to execute tests and contains two components; Selenium RC client and RC server.

Key Takeaways

We have discussed Selenium IDE and its tools in this article. You can learn more by exploring the best IDEs supported by selenium to perform testing using it.

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