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BrowserSync vs Selenium: What are the differences?
- BrowserSync: BrowserSync is a development tool that helps synchronize file changes across multiple browsers in real-time for efficient testing and development. It includes features like automatic reloading of browsers on file changes, CSS injection, and multi-device testing capabilities.
- Selenium: Selenium is a suite of tools for automating web browsers across different platforms, enabling the automation of web application testing. It supports multiple programming languages and browser combinations, facilitating comprehensive testing scenarios.
- BrowserSync: BrowserSync is primarily used for synchronizing file changes and testing across multiple browsers on local development environments to improve workflow efficiency.
- Selenium: Selenium is more focused on automated testing of web applications, enabling the creation and execution of test scripts for regression testing and quality assurance purposes.
- BrowserSync: BrowserSync is typically used by front-end developers to streamline the development process and ensure consistency across different browsers and devices during the design phase.
- Selenium: Selenium is commonly employed by QA engineers and automation testers to automate repetitive testing tasks and validate the functionality of web applications across various browsers and platforms.
In Summary, BrowserSync is geared towards synchronizing file changes and testing on local development environments, while Selenium is designed for automated testing of web applications across different platforms.
Advice on BrowserSync and Selenium
Shivam Gupta
we are having one web application developed in Reacts.js. in the application, we have only 4 to 5 pages that we need to test. I am having experience in selenium with java. Please suggets which tool I should use. and why ............................ ............................ .............................
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Prashanth Marappa
Senior Software Engineer at Mphasis · | 1 upvotes · 214.4K views
with the help of selenium we can automate react js for functional testing
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Pros of Selenium
- Automates browsers175
- Testing154
- Essential tool for running test automation101
- Record-Playback24
- Remote Control24
- Data crawling8
- Supports end to end testing7
- Easy set up6
- Functional testing6
- The Most flexible monitoring system4
- End to End Testing3
- Easy to integrate with build tools3
- Comparing the performance selenium is faster than jasm2
- Record and playback2
- Compatible with Python2
- Easy to scale2
- Integration Tests2
- Integrated into Selenium-Jupiter framework0
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- Flaky tests8
- Slow as needs to make browser (even with no gui)4
- Update browser drivers1
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What is BrowserSync?
BrowserSync makes your tweaking and testing faster by synchronising file changes and interactions across multiple devices. It’s wicked-fast and totally free.
What is Selenium?
Selenium automates browsers. That's it! What you do with that power is entirely up to you. Primarily, it is for automating web applications for testing purposes, but is certainly not limited to just that. Boring web-based administration tasks can (and should!) also be automated as well.
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