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"Selenium IDE: The Automation tool for web based application"
Rahul Y. - Test Automation LeadApril 7, 2024
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4.1/5
Based on Capterra user reviews
Selenium IDE is an open-source record and playback test automation tool for web applications. This browser extension allows users to easily record tests, debug them, and run them across browsers without additional setup beyond installing the extension. Selenium IDE provides built-in control flow, test case reuse, multiple element locators, and extensibility through plugins.
Provider
Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC)
Located In
United States
Deployment
Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
Software testers, QA professionals, developers, and web app owners.
Content Source: Selenium IDE
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Selenium IDE Reviews
Pros
My overall experience has been very good especially as mentioned for web based this is one of the best tool we have used.
In selenium IDE the most good thing I like is recording the projects.
As I use selenium IDE more times a day for an automation purpose, its great feel to integrating with other tools like jenkins.
Overall experience has been amazing with Selenium IDE. Have integrated this with Java.
Cons
If you use the open source there are limited options.
There are some simple tasks are quite complicated to do in selenium due to lack of some keywords.
Error processing could be more verbose. And be more descriptive (re: specific abend codes, error reasons).
On few Java applet, selenium IDE doesn't work well. In that scenario, image based automation needs to be done.
"Selenium IDE: The Automation tool for web based application"
Overall: My overall experience has been very good especially as mentioned for web based this is one of the best tool we have used.
Pros: It is open source The library is extensive and very useful Best tool when it comes to web automation tool The graphics is very nice and useful
Cons: One of the challenge most manual tester faces is the lack of knowledge of basic java.
"Good for manual and automated testing"
Overall: It's very solid, if you spend the time to create and configure tests correctly, you've got a pretty solid automated testing tool. Using the addon you don't need a lot of tech skills to set it up for basic use, but there's a learning curve if you want to go advanced.
Pros: I used mainly the addon in Firefox to record test scenarios for a website. It's a bit of a learning curve but you get there. Works mostly as a macro recorder, but you can always edit the recorded steps to add more info. You can also set the tests to run automatically and see when there's a problem.
Cons: For a free tool is great, but I feel there's a learning curve to it to get the most of what it offers. There are a lot of other online services now that can be configured to run tests, though not free.
"Good but needs effor"
Pros: It has vast features and good community around the globe.
Cons: It doesn't have great user experience and user interface.
"Reviews on Selenium IDE"
Overall: Automated test cases for the beginners
Pros: Selenium IDE is a very simple and easy tool to use, it can be used by anyone with minimal understanding of testing and does not require coding. It has a record and playback functionality, and also ease to debug for any issue in your test cases. Also you can convert the record and playback test case to selenium webdriver if needed.
Cons: Selenium IDE is not too reliable when it comes to executing a test case. A simple test case may also fail without making any changes to the same test case which was successfully passed earlier.
"One of the best for Web automation "
Pros: Selenium is one of the best tool for Web automation testing it has a support for multiple languages and there are also a variety of plugin available
Cons: There are some simple tasks are quite complicated to do in selenium due to lack of some keywords
