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Selenium Introduction

Selenium is an open-source tool for automating web browsers, supporting multiple programming languages like Java and Python. Its four main components include Selenium WebDriver, Selenium IDE, Selenium Grid, and the deprecated Selenium RC. Key advantages of Selenium are its cost-effectiveness, cross-browser support, integration with testing frameworks, and capability for parallel testing.

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Selenium Introduction

Selenium is an open-source tool for automating web browsers, supporting multiple programming languages like Java and Python. Its four main components include Selenium WebDriver, Selenium IDE, Selenium Grid, and the deprecated Selenium RC. Key advantages of Selenium are its cost-effectiveness, cross-browser support, integration with testing frameworks, and capability for parallel testing.

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Introduction to Selenium

1. What is Selenium?

Selenium is an open-source tool that automates web browsers.

It provides a single interface that lets you write test scripts in various programming languages such as Java,

Python, C#, etc.

2. Selenium Components

Selenium has four major components:

1. Selenium WebDriver - Automates browsers by directly communicating with them.

2. Selenium IDE - A Chrome and Firefox extension that allows record-and-playback of interactions.

3. Selenium Grid - Allows parallel execution of tests across different browsers and machines.

4. Selenium RC (deprecated) - An older tool used before WebDriver.

3. Basic WebDriver Script (Python Example)

from selenium import webdriver

driver = webdriver.Chrome()

driver.get("https://www.example.com")

print(driver.title)

driver.quit()

4. Advantages of Selenium

- Open-source and free

- Supports multiple browsers and platforms


Introduction to Selenium

- Integrates with frameworks like TestNG, JUnit, and Pytest

- Supports parallel and distributed testing

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