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15 Advantages or Benefits of using Selenium Automation Tool
The following are the different advantages or benefits of using Selenium Test Automation Tool:
- > Selenium is an Open Source tool released under Apache 2.0 license
- > Know more details about Open Source at http://www.qafox.com/selenium-is-open-source-and-free/
- > Know more details about Selenium License details at https://www.seleniumhq.org/about/license.jsp
- > Selenium is Free and has 0 license cost
- > Selenium is most widely used Test Automation tool for Web Applications
- > Selenium supports multiple programming languages like Java, Python, C#, Ruby, JavaScript, Perl, PHP, Objective-C, R and Haskell programming languages
- > Selenium supports multiple operating systems like Windows, Mac and Linux operating systems
- > Selenium supports multiple browsers like Firefox, Chrome, Internet Explorer, Safari, Opera and Edge Browsers
- > Selenium has very good community support with constant updates and upgrades, despite of being open source
- > Selenium has a record and playback tool known as Selenium IDE, which records the tests on the fly in very less time like recording a video and execute the tests like playing the recorded videos.
- > Selenium has a tool known as Selenium Grid, which reduces the overall test execution time by distributing the tests across multiple machines for simultaneous execution of tests in multiple machines
- > Selenium supports Parallel Test Execution
- > Selenium can execute the tests in headless mode
- > Selenium uses less hardware resources compared to other test automation tools like QTP/UFT, TestComplete etc.
- > Selenium gives freedom of choice in integrating with the following
- > Reporting tools (Extent Reports, Allure Reports etc.)
- > Build tools (ANT, Maven, Gradle etc.)
- > Unit Testing Frameworks (TestNG, JUnit etc.)
- > Continuous Integration Tools (Jenkins, Hudson, Bamboo etc. )
- > Other Open Source Tools (AutoIt, Sikuli etc.)
- > API’s (POI API, JXL, Log4j etc.)
- > Cloud Grids (SauceLabs, CrossBrowserTesting, Gridlastic etc.)
- > Test Management Tools (TestRail, Zephyr etc.)
- > Selenium Supports multiple Test Automation Frameworks and Design Patterns
- > Data Driven Framework
- > Keyword Driven Framework
- > Hybrid Framework
- > Page Object Model and Page Factory Design Patterns
- > BDD Framework
- > Linear Framework
- > Modular Framework
- > And others
- > There are automation tools which are built on Selenium API
- > WebDriverIO
- > NightWatch.js
- > WebDriverJS
- > Protractor
- > Serenity
- > And many more
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