What is the difference between Selenium IDE, RC and WebDriver ?
Selenium is a free and open-source test automation tools used for automating web-based applications. It has four components which are Selenium IDE, Selenium RC ,Selenium WebDriver and Selenium Grid.
This article will present you with a complete idea about the difference between Selenium IDE , Selenium RC and Selenium WebDriver.
Selenium IDE | Selenium RC | Selenium WebDriver |
It’s an add-on which works in the Firefox browser. | It supports all browsers for eg Firefox, IE, Chrome, Safari, Opera etc. | It also supports all browsers like Firefox, IE, Chrome, Safari, Opera etc. |
It supports Record and playback | It doesn’t supports Record and playback | It doesn’t supports Record and playback |
you don’t need to start the server before executing the test script. | you have to start the server before executing the test script. | Doesn’t require to start the server before executing the test script. |
It uses Selenese which is a procedural language. | Its API’s are not fully object-oriented. | Its APIs fully support the object-oriented approach. |
Core engine is Javascript based | Core engine is JavaScript based | Interacts natively with browser application |
Cannot handle navigation. | Cannot handle navigation. | Can handle navigation. |
It doesn’t support Listeners | Does not have a Listener. | it supports support Listeners |
UI interface available to create scripts. | Jars available to execute test cases in the browser. | Contains API and languages supported like Java, Python, and Ruby and so on. |
It doesn’t support moving mouse cursors. | It doesn’t support moving mouse cursors. | It allows the movement of mouse cursors. |
You’ve to use the absolute XPath value with ‘xpath=\\’ syntax | requires full xpath for locating elements like ‘xpath=”\\html\div[1]\input’. | Its optional ,No need to use full xpath with ‘xpath=\\’ syntax |
Cannot handle alerts | Cannot handle alerts. | Can handle alerts |
does not support to test iphone/Android applications | does not support to test iphone/Android applications | It support to test iphone/Android applications |