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What is Selenium?

Selenium is open source software for browser automation, primarily used for functional, load, or performance testing of applications.

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Selenium has gained popularity among users as it offers a versatile solution for automation testing. Many users have found success in …
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Advantages of Using Selenium

10 out of 10
January 16, 2022
We use Selenium for running our end-to-end UI test cases on their grid. The Selenium grid addresses the biggest problem [of] managing [an] …
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Selenium

10 out of 10
January 08, 2022
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Selenium is a very useful tool for automating any web application. It provides the browser interface for accessing any browser ex: chrome …
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What is Selenium?

Selenium is open source software for browser automation, primarily used for functional, load, or performance testing of applications.

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Product Demos

Selenium Grid Tutorial For Beginners (Step By Step) With Demo in 5 min | Day 29

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Frequently Asked Questions

Selenium is open source software for browser automation, primarily used for functional, load, or performance testing of applications.

Reviewers rate Implementation Rating highest, with a score of 9.

The most common users of Selenium are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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Selenium has gained popularity among users as it offers a versatile solution for automation testing. Many users have found success in using Selenium for functional/UI data-driven automation testing frameworks, particularly when paired with Selenium WebDriver Java and TestNG. The platform independence and cost-saving benefits have made it a popular choice across organizations, effectively automating projects and managing test data. Additionally, Selenium's large community and support for multiple languages have been key factors in its adoption for automation testing. For example, Huawei successfully replaced paid legacy automation tools with Selenium to automate an internal website. Integrating Selenium with REST has also proven to be effective in automating a significant number of test cases for various applications, ensuring quality and efficiency. Users have reported that Selenium helps address the problem of frequent manual regression test runs, reducing checking cycle time, and increasing release frequency. Furthermore, Selenium coupled with Watir WebDriver enables seamless browser driving, enhancing code quality and capturing code regressions. Python 3 users on Linux machines have praised Selenium for providing a smooth experience for web automation. Additionally, users have utilized Selenium for data scraping, simplifying the extraction of data from websites. These examples highlight how customers rely on Selenium as a core framework to execute test scripts efficiently and reliably. The open-source nature of Selenium, wide community support, integrations, documentation accessibility, and availability of skilled professionals make it an attractive option for organizations looking to automate testing processes seamlessly. With its ability to function as a tool for both UI testing and backend Rest services automation, Selenium provides good coverage of regression test cases while reducing time and effort needed for testing. It is widely used by QA departments across organizations to develop customized automation frameworks and reduce the testing time cycle. From maximizing time on stability and functionality to automating monotonous tasks like content and grammar checks in marketing companies, Selenium has proven to be valuable in a variety of use cases like GUI regression testing in the quality assurance department and automating web-based products. While Selenium does have limitations in detecting certain elements, users have found workarounds for these issues. Overall, Selenium has proven to be a valuable tool for web application testing, providing a versatile and essential solution for automation needs.

Efficiency for Automating Tasks: Many users have found Selenium highly efficient and beneficial for automating mundane tasks, such as form-filling and data scraping. Several reviewers have mentioned that the software has saved them significant time and effort by automating repetitive tasks.

Improves Quality Assurance: Multiple users appreciate how Selenium improves Quality Assurance processes by eliminating the need for manual testing, thereby reducing errors and costs. Some reviewers believe that Selenium's automated testing capabilities enhance the accuracy and reliability of their tests.

Supports Multiple Programming Languages: The support for multiple programming languages in Selenium is frequently praised by users. Many reviewers mention that this feature allows them to work with their preferred programming language, making it easier to integrate Selenium into their existing development workflows.

Difficult to use without multiple monitors: Some users have found it challenging to utilize Selenium effectively without multiple monitors. This is because it requires additional screens for testing with playback, making the setup and execution more complex.

Technical issues with browsers other than Firefox: Users have encountered technical difficulties when using Selenium with browsers other than Firefox. These issues can lead to problems during testing and may require workarounds or alternative solutions.

Lack of support for database and image testing: According to user feedback, Selenium lacks built-in support for database testing and image testing. This limitation restricts users from fully assessing these aspects of their applications and may require them to explore other tools or approaches.

Users commonly recommend several approaches to enhance test case creation and test suite implementation in Selenium. One common recommendation is to utilize a framework that supports a Data Driven or Input Driven approach for better results. Another suggestion is to ensure ease of understanding and use when working with Selenium. Finally, users advise implementing best practices for test automation, including thorough planning, well-organized test scripts, proper modularization, and effective error handling. Taking these recommendations into consideration can help improve the effectiveness and efficiency of using Selenium for testing purposes.

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Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
  • drastically reduced the test automation execution time
  • accessibility for various browsers which made test qualification on a particular browser made easy
  • proper documentation and community support
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Manual testing is kept to a minimum now with a 70/30 ratio which is the most time-consuming when it comes to testing.
  • Most of the manual testing is now exploratory where edge cases could be performed more.
  • A 33% drop in headcount for manual QAs. In the team, instead of needing 3 QAs, only 2 are needed now with automation experience.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Accelerated our adoption of CI/CD, by automating one of our manual gates of software delivery.
  • Allowed for an evolution of our engineers away from manual work, to a general software development mindset.
  • Reduced tax and overhead to launch an artifact.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Pros:
  • * Open sourced and free:
  • * Multiple language support:
  • * The community:
  • * Wide plugin support:
  • * Easy installation and intuitive usage:
  • * Cross-browser support:
  • * Remote testing:
  • * Multiple testing and parallel testing execution:
  • Cons:
  • * False- positive results:
  • * Long test duration:
  • * No root-cause analysis:
  • * Performance
zahit bogus | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
  • A lot of language support is available, making my job easier. (Java, ..NET, Python, Ruby, PHP,Perl)
  • It does not offer effective programming, so there may be times when I stay away [for] professional satisfaction.
September 18, 2020

Selenium for Web Testing

Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • After automating most of our test cases in Selenium we reduced lot of regression testing time. This gives more time to act on other components in the sprint.
  • Though we use Selenium for running automated testcases, there are few areas where we couldn't implement test cases due to tool dependencies.
Isaiah Hayes | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Selenium was used to facilitate the automation tests of a 100,000 dollar project, and release our QA staff to handle more pertinent matters of that project, and others.
  • Selenium is free. So, whatever use any company has for it will surely have a positive ROI - time included.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • We are able to do complete regressions in 2 days which was earlier taking 4 days.
  • Due to the page object model we also run progression automation for quick front-end changes.
  • BDD test can be easily implemented and re-used by manual testers as well.
Shivani Sharma | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Fast and automated testing of a website can be done without any human workforce behind it.
  • Sometimes programming is an easy and faster method than drag and drop. For this, Selenium happens to be a great open source tool with no cost.
  • A person with a Python background is all needed for Selenium; no other skill is needed. The Selenium WebDriver API is easily understandable.
Sanyam Jain | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 2 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Firstly, we moved our partial work environment from Linux/Ubuntu to Windows as Tools for automation rolled out in 2016, like RPA Tools. Though you cannot compare RPA with Selenium, our business goals satisfied quite well with RPA tools.
  • Secondly, we had our engineers already familiar with Ubuntu and Python until we integrated Selenium. Soon we had to recruit new interns for RPA, and some of our permanent members had to learn RPA.
  • Though having a large community, you don't always get lucky enough to have required Regular Expressions (Regex). You always have to brainstorm before initiating the Python script. It is very time-consuming to find proper tags and selectors from a webpage payload.
Alex Kreston | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • In one of the companies I have implemented automation using selenium decreased testing time by 70%.
  • It helped us convert large data source files into production data through automating data entry process using Selenium as a driver.
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