What are the benefits of using Selenium as an Automation Testing tool

Question

Please someone suggest why selenium should be used as an automation testing tool?

Answer 1

Hey Bindu, Selenium is widely used as an automation testing tool as it is the simple and easy to use among all testing tools. Its record and playback feature makes it exceptionally easy to learn with minimal acquaintances to any programming language. Selenium IDE is an ideal tool for a beginners and learning users. Selenium should be selected as a testing tool because:

1. It is a free and open source tool,
2. Have a large user base and helping communities,
3. Have cross Browser compatibility (Firefox, Chrome, Internet Explorer, Safari etc.),
4. Have great platform compatibility (Windows, Mac OS, Linux etc.),
5. Supports multiple programming languages (Java, C#, Ruby, Python, Pearl etc.),
6. Supports distributed testing, etc.

For more details about test automation strategies and methodology, You can get a better understanding with the Automation testing online course.

 

Answer 2

There is no rule we have to use only selenium for automation testing . u may use different tool like CodedUI , etc. it' s totally depends on what kind of application u r going to be automate.

we  have couple of points . why we have to choice Selenium

1) It's a open source,-- companies mostly use open sources . for paid tools we have to pay amount per user.--- 50 marks selenium is getting here.

2) it open to all languages and OS.-----20 marks adding

3) easy to learn and implement .-- 10 marks  adding

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