Tuesday 7 January 2014

Difference between Selenium RC and Selenium Web driver

 Difference between Selenium RC and Selenium Web driver.

Selenium RC
Selenium Web driver
Selenium RC’s architecture is way more complicated.
Web Driver’s architecture is simpler than Selenium RC’s.
Selenium RC is slower since it uses a JavaScript program called Selenium Core. This Selenium Core is the one that directly controls the browser, not you.
Web Driver is faster than Selenium RC since it speaks directly to the browser uses the browser’s own engine to control it.
Selenium Core, just like other JavaScript codes, can access disabled elements.
Web Driver interacts with page elements in a more realistic way.
Selenium RC’s API is more matured but contains redundancies and often confusing commands.
Web Driver’s API is simpler than Selenium RC’s. It does not contain redundant and confusing commands.
Selenium RC cannot support the headless HtmlUnit browser. It needs a real, visible browser to operate on.
Web Driver can support the headless HtmlUnit browser.
Selenium RC Has Built-In Test Result Generator. Selenium RC automatically generates an HTML file of test results. 
Web Driver has no built-in command that automatically generates a Test Results File.
Selenium RC needs the help of the RC Server in order to do so.
web Driver directly talks to the browser
Selenium RC can support new browsers
It cannot readily support new browsers


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17 comments:

  1. Anonymous19 March 2014 at 17:00

    Thanks a lot Ruchi Goyal . All stuff is very much useful.

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  2. Anonymous3 April 2014 at 02:38

    Thanks a lot

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  3. Anonymous24 April 2014 at 11:09

    Thanks Ruchi

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  4. Unknown26 April 2014 at 10:30

    A very useful questions....thanks ruchi

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  5. Unknown26 April 2014 at 10:31

    Thanks ruchi very useful questions and answers....

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  6. Anonymous30 April 2014 at 18:10

    I am pleased with these qstns and ans..

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  7. Anonymous30 May 2014 at 14:23

    LAST DIFFERENCE NEED TO SWAP Selenium RC can NOT support new browsers

    WEBDRIVER can support new browsers

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  8. JESS10 June 2014 at 12:32

    There are more differences with respect to overcoming RC issues by Webdriver.
    eg: RC does not handle popup handling, file upload or download and dialogs barriers which is possible with Webdriver. WebDriver overcomes the limitation of Selenium Rc's Single Host origin policy (Same Origin Policy) :)
    @jESS.

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    1. Unknown8 August 2014 at 15:53

      Thanks jESS your comment help me a lot

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    2. Anonymous13 October 2014 at 22:40

      Thanks jess And ruchi.
      Swathi bommavaram

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    3. wzunix3 December 2014 at 18:52

      Just came across this page with handling these in Selenium RC -

      http://seleniumtestingworld.blogspot.ie/2013/06/handling-pop-upsalertconfirmationspromp.html

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  9. Chandrakanth5 July 2014 at 08:05

    Thank Q Ruchi. Good work keep it up :)

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  10. Unknown8 August 2014 at 15:52

    Thanks jESS. Your comments real useful for me.

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  11. Anonymous19 February 2015 at 12:05

    tell me brief about headless html browser

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  12. Sherlin Jones16 March 2017 at 15:08

    Explained well, easy to understand the Selenium WebDriver

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