Ideally, spin up a new virtual machine for each test.

If spinning up a new virtual machine is not practical,

at least start a new WebDriver for each test.

</span></span></code></pre></div></div><div class=td-content style=page-break-before:always><h1 id=pg-57da8a2b64fc86fcbf7aa26f82072089>6.5 - Discouraged behaviors</h1><div class=lead>Things to avoid when automating browsers with Selenium.</div></div><div class=td-content><h1 id=pg-3b5620c52a2bef6c4d263b6166817252>6.5.1 - Captchas</h1><p>CAPTCHA, short for <em>Completely Automated Public Turing test

to tell Computers and Humans Apart</em>,

is explicitly designed to prevent automation, so do not try!

Ideally, spin up a new virtual machine for each test.

If spinning up a new virtual machine is not practical,

at least start a new WebDriver for each test.

</span></span></code></pre></div></div><div class=td-content style=page-break-before:always><h1 id=pg-57da8a2b64fc86fcbf7aa26f82072089>5 - Discouraged behaviors</h1><div class=lead>Things to avoid when automating browsers with Selenium.</div></div><div class=td-content><h1 id=pg-3b5620c52a2bef6c4d263b6166817252>5.1 - Captchas</h1><p>CAPTCHA, short for <em>Completely Automated Public Turing test

to tell Computers and Humans Apart</em>,

is explicitly designed to prevent automation, so do not try!

Ideally, spin up a new virtual machine for each test.

If spinning up a new virtual machine is not practical,

at least start a new WebDriver for each test.

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