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Selenium WebDriver Pros and Cons: Top 5 Advantages and Disadvantages

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Users value the wide language support in Selenium WebDriver, enhancing flexibility across diverse development teams. (5 mentions)
Users value the efficiency of automation with Selenium WebDriver, significantly reducing manual effort and errors. (4 mentions)
Users value the browser compatibility of Selenium WebDriver, enabling seamless testing across various web browsers effortlessly. (4 mentions)
Users find Selenium WebDriver to be easy to understand, even for those with minimal programming knowledge. (3 mentions)
Users find Selenium WebDriver easy to use, enabling efficient automation and reducing manual effort significantly. (3 mentions)
Users face challenges due to the lack of automation for mobile apps, leading to reliance on other tools. (4 mentions)
Users often experience compatibility issues with browser versions, affecting the stability and success of their automation tests. (3 mentions)
Users face integration issues with Selenium WebDriver, requiring additional tools and causing compatibility problems with browser versions. (3 mentions)
Users find UI testing challenging with Selenium WebDriver, especially without the robot framework, increasing initial setup time. (1 mentions)
Users find UI testing difficult with Selenium WebDriver, especially without the robot framework and initial setup time. (1 mentions)

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What do you like best about Selenium WebDriver?

Support various languages and almost all thr browsers like chrom, ie Firefox,etc

Easy to setup on language editors and easy to understand

Support oops concepts which helps in creating complex scenarios in very easy to maintain framework Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Selenium WebDriver?

Being a open source tool dont have support and have to wait for updated version to get the issues fixed Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Selenium WebDriver?

It supports for multiple language and multiple browser.

Test cases executes faster compared to other tools and also it is very easy to identify and use web elements. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Selenium WebDriver?

It supports only web based application and it doesn't support windows application.

It supports only for very limited reporting.

We cannot test apps directly using this tool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Selenium WebDriver?

I have used selenium web driver integration with nightwatch.js + cucumber + selenium hub for writing five hundred plus feature tests and run those in continuous integration to achieve maximum success.

1. Running parallel test through selenium hub

2. Adding custom page objects for reusing it later

3. Supports CSS, XPath, query selector mostly all selectors

4. Support docker containers

5. Running test in headless chrome, firefox browser, etc

6. Old is gold, excellent community around the globe Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Selenium WebDriver?

1. Sometimes, I do need to re-run failed flaky tests through my scripts.

2. Unable to log network requests and responses like google Puppeteer Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Selenium WebDriver?

Cross browser and cross platform support

Multi language support

Grid is beautiful concept Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Selenium WebDriver?

Selenium webdriver inbuilt reporting is not available Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Selenium WebDriver?

Multiple integration with different programming languages like JavaScript, Java, C#. Compatible with Protractor and can Automate JavaScript applications as well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Selenium WebDriver?

Nothing to dislike in it, for the mention sake Desktop application automation is very tidious with Selenium or can say a near to impossible task. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Selenium WebDriver?

The most helpful thing is it's an open source tool. The integration with other open source tools is also a huge plus.

Mostly it was used for web testing but nowadays common users are also using this for web scraping. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Selenium WebDriver?

It's still missing desktop software automation capabilities.

Some robust pdf validation tool will also be useful to become a better product.

In improving they can copy some features frm cypress. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Selenium WebDriver?

Open Source, Best in the Business, More reliable, More you work, the more you can explore new features Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Selenium WebDriver?

It is less secure because it is an open source tool Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Selenium WebDriver?

It is an open-source library that supports many browsers such as Chrome, Firefox, Safari and is used to automate the testing of web applications. It is a good data scraping component when used with BS4. I am using it with Python and I am very satisfied. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Selenium WebDriver?

I am generally satisfied. It runs slower with Chrome than Firefox. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Selenium WebDriver?

The way it works with complex web application.

Large user base for support Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Selenium WebDriver?

Selenium itself will not support Shadow DOM elements Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Selenium WebDriver?

1. Open source software to automate the web applications

2. Only Core java basic knowledge is required to easily use selenium web driver

3. It is widely accepted as enterprise choice to go for as a test automation tool

4.Works Across Multiple OS

5. Cross Browser Compatibility Testing

6. Supports Multiple Frameworks and Languages

7. Cross-Device Testing

8. Community Support

9. Easy to Implement. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Selenium WebDriver?

1. User with no programming language understanding makes it difficult to learn and adapt in their software projects

2. It is not script less automation

3. As it is open source, it takes efforts to maintain it with the latest versions of web drivers which requires certain level of expertise

4. Lack of support to automate windows applications, currently used to automate only web applications

5. No UI available to capture web objects such as web buttons, text boxes , drop-dropdowns etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.