Introduction to Selenium What is Selenium Tool? Selenium is a free (open-source) automated testing suite for web applications across different browsers and platforms. It is quite similar to HP Quick Test Pro (QTP) / HP Unified Functional Test (UFT) only that Selenium focuses on automating web-based applications. Selenium is not just a single tool; Selenium is a suite of software's , each component has its own advantages and disadvantages. Click here to know more about Selenium birth picture & Selenium components . What are the features of selenium automation tool? Ø Selenium is Free and open-source tool. Ø Automation of AJAX/CSS applications is easy. Ø Good cross browser testing tool. Ø Contains record and playback ( Selenium-IDE ) facility. Ø Best for GUI-intelligent field selection (uses IDs, names, or X-Paths as needed). Ø Auto-complete feature available in IDE for all common commands. Ø User-fr...
This blog mainly discus about foundations of selenium programs like Selenium IDE, Selenium Web-Driver, Sikuli and basics of different automation frameworks like Maven, Cucumber, TestNg and Appium (Mobile Testing).