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Web application testing with Selenium
Selenium is an open source web testing framework that runs automated tests in a browser. It was created by Thoughtworks and consists of Selenium Core, Selenium IDE, Selenium Remote Control, and Selenium on Rails. Selenium allows testing web applications across browsers and platforms and interacts with browser DOM using HTML and JavaScript.
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Introduction to Selenium, a web testing framework created by Thoughtworks, supporting HTML and JavaScript.
Selenium operates in browsers, is open-source, and provides a testing framework across multiple environments.
Overview of Selenium's variants: Core, IDE, Remote Control (RC), and on Rails, each with specific functions.
Selenium Core utilizes HTML and JavaScript, installed on any web/application server without impacting live deployments.
Selenium RC allows testing without application changes, serves as a proxy, launching and managing browsers.
Selenium IDE is a Firefox plugin that records and plays back tests across platforms, supporting various export formats.
Selenium on Rails executes tests without altering the application, only active in test mode for deployment.
Advantages of Selenium include real browser testing and cross-platform capabilities, with challenges in host testing.
