This articles explains the basic differences between the Selenium IDE,Selenium Remote Control Server and Selenium WebDriver.
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| S.No | Selenium IDE | Selenium RC | Selenium WebDriver |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only works on Firefox. | Works almost on all browsers.(IE,Opera,Firefox,Chrome).But doesn't work on the latest version of IE and Firefox. | Works on all versions of IE,Firefox,Chrome,Opera. |
| 2 | Supports Record and Playback. | Doesn't support Record and Playback. | Doesn't support Record and Playback. |
| 3 | No Server is required to start. | RC Server is required to start. | No Server is required to start. |
| 4 | JavaScript based Core Engine. | JavaScript based Core Engine. | Interacts natively with all browsers. |
| 5 | Simple to use. It requires knowledge on JavaScript if User extensions are used,which makes the work little bit tougher. | Simple and small API. | Complex and a little bit large API when comparing with RC. |
| 6 | Not at all Object Oriented. | Less Object Oriented API. | Purely Object Oriented API. |
| 7 | Can't move mouse cursor with this. | Can't move mouse cursor with this. | Can move mouse cursor with this. |
| 8 | No listeners. | No listeners. | Implementation of listeners are provided. |
| 9 | Full XPath of the elements need to be appended with 'XPath =\\' syntax. | Full XPath of the elements need to be appended with 'XPath =\\' syntax. | No need to append the full Xpath of the elements. |
| 10 | iPhone Applications can't be tested. | iPhone Applications can't be tested. | iPhone Applications can be tested. |
| 11 | Android Applications can't be tested. | Android Applications can't be tested. | Android Applications can be tested. |
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