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Types of Applications that Selenium can and cannot Automate:
Before understanding what types of Applications that Selenium can and cannot automate, we have to first understand the different types of applications first:
Different types of Applications:
The following are the three major types of applications:
- > Web Applications
- > Mobile Applications
- > Desktop Applications
Types of Applications that Selenium can Automate:
- > Selenium can only Automate Web Applications
Types of Applications that Selenium cannot Automate:
- > Mobile Applications cannot be Automated with Selenium
- > For Automating the Mobile Applications, we have to use the specific and popular tools like Appium etc.
- > Desktop Applications cannot be Automated with Selenium
- > For Automating the Desktop Applications, we have to use the specific and popular tools like UFT/QTP, Test Complete etc.
- > We can also use a free took known as Winnium Automation tool, which is a wrapper over Selenium, using which we can automate the Windows based Desktop Applications.
Watch this video on “What types of Applications that Selenium can and cannot Automate?” for more clarity:
Conclusion:
- > Selenium can Automate Web Applications
- > Selenium cannot Automate Desktop and Mobile Applications
- > We have to use other different tools for automating the Desktop and Mobile Applications
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- > To learn more about Selenium, continue to the next post (Click on Next Post link below)
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