Introduction to Selenium:
Selenium is a web-browser automation tool(open-source) supporting multiple browsers and platforms:
Selenium is a web-browser automation tool(open-source) supporting multiple browsers and platforms:
Browser support:
- Internet Explorer:Versions 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 are supported. Version 11 requires additional configuration. Requires: IEDriverServer.exe .
- Chrome: Requires ChromeDriver.exe
- Safari:Requires SafariDriver
- Opera:Requires OperaDriver
Supported by following Operating Systems:
Microsoft Windows, Linux, Apple OS X
Programming Languages &
Frameworks: Programming languages are supported through
Selenium "drivers." These are libraries made for each language that
expose commands from the Selenium API natively in the form of
methods/functions.Below are the programming language supported along with their testing framework:
S.No
|
Language
|
Testing Framework
|
1
|
Java
|
Junit,TestNG
|
2
|
C#
|
Nunit
|
3
|
Perl
|
|
4
|
Python
|
unittest, pyunit, py.test, robot framework
|
5
|
JavaScript
|
WebdriverJS, WebdriverIO, NightwatchJS
|
6
|
Ruby
|
RSpec, Test::Unit
|
7
|
PHP
|
Behat + Mink
|
QTP(HP UFT vs Selenium):
S. No.
|
QTP
|
Selenium
|
01
|
It is licensed hence requires a cost.
|
It is open-source hence no cost involved.
|
02
|
Supports only VB Scripting
|
Supports multiple languages lik Java,Perl,Ruby,Python,etc
|
03
|
It can be developed only in QTP IDE.
|
It supports multiple IDE like eclipse, Netbeans, Visual
Studio.
|
04
|
It supports Built in object repository which is easy to maintain.
|
No such build in object repository.Rather object is
managed by using UI elements user extension.
|
05
|
Supports Windows based application automation.
|
Doesn’t support Windows based application
automation.Requires third party tool to achieve the motto ex. AutoIT.
|
06
|
Browser Support: Google Chrome Internet Explorer , Firefox
|
Browser Support: Google Chrome , Internet Explorer , Firefox , Opera , Safari
|
07
|
Script Creation time is less
|
Script creation time is more
|
08
|
Product support: HP support along
with support forums
|
Open source Community
|
Advantages of Selenium over other automation
tools:
1. Selenium is an open tool and hence no license cost.
2. Selenium can work with multiple language bindings to support C#, Java, JavaScript,
PHP, Python and other languages.
3. Selenium supports multiple operating systems that include Windows, Linux, Apple OS X etc.
4. Selenium test can run on multiple browsers like Internet explorer, Chrome,
Firefox, Opera, Safari etc.
5. Selenium can be integrated with ANT or Maven kind of framework for source
code compilation.
6. Selenium can be integrated with TestNG testing framework for testing our
applications and generating reports.
7. Selenium can be integrated with Jenkins or Hudson for continuous
integration.
8. Selenium can be used for Android, IPhone, Blackberry etc. based application
testing.
9. It can be clubbed with third party tool to support more enhanced automation
scope like AutoIT, etc
