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What is the difference between Selenium IDE, Selenium Web-driver and Selenium Grid?

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Date Posted: 2016/03/21
Dhouha Mannai
by Dhouha Mannai , technicienne , Compagnie des Phosphates de Gafsa

 

Selenium IDE is not only recording tool : it is an integrated development environment (IDE)

WebDriver is designed in a simpler and more concise programming interface along with addressing some limitations in the Selenium-RC API.

With the release of Selenium 2.0, the Selenium Server now has built-in Grid functionality

Jonna Mae Rintuaya
by Jonna Mae Rintuaya , SALES MANAGER , YZSHONG MARKETING

Selenium is an automation testing tool used to automate various types of applications. It consists of three main parts Selenium IDE, Selenium RC & Selenium WebDriver. In today’s date the WebDriver is the latest version of the Selenium. In today’s article we are seeing what is actual “Difference between selenium IDE, RC & WebDriver

The Selenium IDE is basically something having record & playback options which present in the every automation tool like QTP, Sliktest etc. & also has very good user interface. The core part of Selenium IDE is based on JavaScript & also supports different extension in it. Along with record & playback, you can use Selenium IDE for multiple dynamic stuffs. The main limitation of Selenium IDE is that, it supported in only Firefox browser. If you want to execute your scripts on different browsers, then you can use Selenium RC (Selenium Remote Control). The Selenium RC supports multiple browsers like IE, Firefox, Chrome, Safari, Opera etc.

The code of WebDriver look different than RC & IDE, it allows you to convert the IDE code to WD & RC code. As IDE supports with the user interface but WebDirver & RC does not have UI, we have to use core programming language in it.

selenium is an automation testing tool used to automate various types of application.it consist of three main parts selenium IDE,Selenium RC,and Selenium WebDriver.in todays, date the Webdriver is the latest version of the selenium.todays  article  we are seeing what is actual'Difference between selenium IDE,RC and WebDriver.Also we gonna take a look at what all different testing framework can be used along with Selenium.

The Selenium IDE is basically something having record and playback options which present in the every automation tol like QTP,Sliktest etc. and also has  very good user interface.the core part of selenium IDE is based on JAVAScript and also supports different extension in it.

ahmed mahmoud
by ahmed mahmoud , مهندس موقع , القوات البحرية

Selenium is an automation testing tool used to automate various types of applications. It consists of three main parts Selenium IDE, Selenium RC & Selenium WebDriver. In today’s date the WebDriver is the latest version of the Selenium. In today’s article we are seeing what is actual 

Selenium is an automation testing tool used to automate various types of applications. It consists of three main parts Selenium IDE, Selenium RC & Selenium WebDriver. In today’s date the WebDriver is the latest version of the Selenium. In today’s article we are seeing what is actual “Difference between selenium IDE, RC & WebDriver“. Also we gonna take a look atWhat all different testing Frameworks can be used along with Selenium.

The Selenium IDE is basically something having record & playback options which present in the every automation tool like QTP, Silktest etc. & also has very good user interface. The core part of Selenium IDE is based on JavaScript & also supports different extension in it. Along with record & playback, you can use Selenium IDE for multiple dynamic stuffs. The main limitation of Selenium IDE is that, it supported in only Firefox browser. If you want to execute your scripts on different browsers, then you can use Selenium RC (Selenium Remote Control). The Selenium RC supports multiple browsers like IE, Firefox, Chrome, Safari, Opera etc.

It also supports multiple languages like Java, Ruby, C#, Perl, Python etc. You have to get expertise in one language (preferred Java language) & code in selenium RC. The application under test in developed in C# & it does not matter the to create your script in the Java or C# or in any language. It’s totally independent on which your testing is carried out. Similar to language independent it is also platform independent, same code will work on Windows OS, Linux, Mac & Solaris. Most common extension used in the selenium RC is the Java Extension, because Java is platform independent language. Similar to Selenium IDE, the RC is also has its limitations. Before start testing, we have to start & stop the server to execute you test. So to overcome the all issues & increase the scope of Selenium RC, introduced new version of SE called Selenium WebDriver. WebDirver is come up with the some cool features. Also supports the multiple languages. Main feature over the Selenium RC is that we don’t have to start the server in the Selenium WebDriver. One of the cool feature is that it supports the Android Testing & iPhone testing as well.

The code of WebDriver look different than RC & IDE, it allows you to convert the IDE code to WD & RC code. As IDE supports with the user interface but WebDriver & RC does not have UI, we have to use core programming language in it.

Akash Rathod
by Akash Rathod , Shift Manager , Citymax Hospitality Pvt.Ltd

Selenium WebDriver on the other hand interacts with the browser natively. It uses the browser's native support for automation to drive them without using the support of selenium server. WebDrive has a driver for each browser. E.g for running a test on Firefox, WebDriver will use Firefox Driver to drive the automation test.  Because of this, it provides a better interaction with the browser then Selenium RC. The APIs written for WebDriver are completely object oriented which makes it easier to work with.

manjeet  saini
by manjeet saini , tender maker , pcp

The Selenium Server is needed in order to run either Selenium RC style scripts or Remote Selenium WebDriver ones. The 2.x server is a drop-in replacement for the old Selenium RC server and is designed to be backwards compatible with your existing infrastructure.

Selenium Webdriver learning for software testing is not a big task if you have basic knowledge of any one Webdriver supported software development language like Java. 

John Michael Corpuz
by John Michael Corpuz , Admin Executive , Next Tech Resources Corporation

Selenium Grid - is a GUI plugin used for rapid prototyping of test cases in Selenese/HTML.

Selenium Server is a standalone java program which allows you to run HTML test suites in a range of different browsers, plus extra options like reporting.

Selenium WebDriver is the actual core API which has bindings in a range of languages and allows you to write standalone tests.

Selenium IDE Selenium Server Selenium Remote Control WebDriver... WebDriver is the actual core API which has bindings in a range of ... Selenium Grid is a server that distributes tests across a set of Selenium Servers.

 

Shanika KaluArachchi
by Shanika KaluArachchi , Accountant Assistant , DRH Courier Express Lanka (Pvt) Ltd

Selenium IDE is a GUI plugin used for rapid prototyping of test cases in Selenese/HTML.

Selenium Server is a standalone java program which allows you to run HTML test suites in a range of different browsers, plus extra options like reporting.

Selenium Remote Control is the old name for Selenium Server, which only supports version 1 of the Selenium API.

WebDriver is the actual core API which has bindings in a range of languages and allows you to write standalone tests.

Selenium 2 is the latest version of the Selenium project, and includes the IDE, Server and WebDriver.

thomas clemen de leon aguila
by thomas clemen de leon aguila , FRONT DESK CLERK , SM

SELENIUM IDE:.Its an integrated development environment.its atool to develop selenium test caes.

selenium web driver:who makes direct calls to the browser using each browsers native support for information.

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