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Selenium vs WebdriverIO: What are the differences?
Selenium and WebdriverIO are both popular tools for automating web browsers. Let's explore the key differences between them.
Programming Language Support: Selenium supports multiple programming languages, including Java, Python, C#, and Ruby, while WebdriverIO is primarily focused on JavaScript.
API Design: Selenium provides a more generic API that is consistent across different programming languages, allowing users to write tests in their preferred language. On the other hand, WebdriverIO provides a more JavaScript-centric and intuitive API.
Architecture: Selenium is a standalone framework that requires additional dependencies, such as a browser-specific driver, to interact with browsers. WebdriverIO, on the other hand, includes a WebDriver implementation and eliminates the need for additional dependencies.
Parallel Execution: Selenium supports parallel execution of tests across multiple browsers and platforms, which is useful for reducing test execution time. WebdriverIO also supports parallel execution but provides better out-of-the-box parallel execution capabilities.
Testing Framework Integration: Selenium can be integrated with various testing frameworks, such as JUnit, TestNG, and NUnit, to structure and execute tests. WebdriverIO has built-in support for Mocha and Jasmine, making it easier to set up and run tests without the need for any external testing framework.
Community Ecosystem: Selenium has a larger and more established community with a wide range of resources, documentation, and community-driven plugins. WebdriverIO has a smaller but rapidly growing community and a more concentrated ecosystem of plugins and integrations.
In summary, Selenium offers broader programming language support and a more generic API, while WebdriverIO focuses on JavaScript and provides a more intuitive API. WebdriverIO also simplifies the setup by including a WebDriver implementation and provides better out-of-the-box parallel execution capabilities. Selenium has a larger community and more resources, while WebdriverIO has a smaller but growing community with a concentrated ecosystem of plugins.
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 ............................ ............................ .............................
with the help of selenium we can automate react js for functional testing
Hi, I am starting out to test an application that is currently being developed - FE: React. BE: Node JS. I want the framework to be able to test all UI scenarios (from simple to complex) and also have the capability to test APIs. I also need to run tests across all OSs and Browsers (Windows, Mac, Android, iOS). I have also looked into react-testing-library and @TestProject.io. Any advice you can give as to which framework would be best and why would be so much appreciated! Thank you!!
You should also definitely look into Playwright, which is a new automation tool from Microsoft building on top of the Puppeteer experience and trying to bring this experience in the cross browser space - very exciting project. Great team. Also CodeceptJS as already Playwright support which at a ton of valuable features on top of Playwright, give it a go!
I'm also looking for the same, FE: React & BE: NodeJS. Cypress won't help as it lacks cross-browser testing, it doesn't support all the browsers. I'm still investigating it, but looks like WebdriverIO may fulfil what I'm looking for - Cross-browser testing, integration with CI/CD, running it as a docker service, good support on assertions & reporting of test results. Let me know if you found any information on any of the above mentioned points.
Hi Esther, if you really need cross OS and cross device automation Cypress wont help, with WebdriverIO you can do it … and check out CodeceptJS, which is a wrapper around several frameworks (like WebdriverIO) and will support future players (currently for example upcoming Playwright) as well.
Pros of Selenium
- Automates browsers177
- 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
Pros of WebdriverIO
- Various integrations to vendors like Sauce Labs11
- Open Source10
- Great community8
- Easy to setup7
- Best solution for broad browser support4
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Cons of Selenium
- Flaky tests8
- Slow as needs to make browser (even with no gui)4
- Update browser drivers2
Cons of WebdriverIO
- High maintenance8