Is Selenium still a widely used test automation tool?

The use of agile processes in software development reduces overall software development time, delivery time, and time-to-market (TTM), ultimately lowering development costs. The demand for automation testing tools has skyrocketed in order to ensure quality and efficiency in the testing process. Selenium is one of the most widely used automation testing tools for testing web applications.

What is Selenium?


Selenium is a suite of open-source software testing automation tools that has become the industry standard in the world of quality assurance. Presently, Selenium is used by tech giants such as Netflix, Google, Fitbit, HubSpot,  and others, and supports multiple programming languages as well as all major operating systems and browsers. 


Platforms and browsers supported by Selenium


  • Google Chrome

  • Internet Explorer

  • Firefox

  • Safari

  • Opera

  • Android (with Selendroid or appium)

  • iOS (with ios-driver or appium)


Why Selenium is all time favorite testing tool?


Selenium automation testing encourages testers to write scripts in a single programming language and run them on multiple browser platforms (re-use). WebDriver is becoming a W3C standard for all browsers, allowing developers to create browsers that automatically support Selenium. The intriguing aspect of this test automation tool is that it uses testers to test user interface modules, provides a large set of options to test, compares the results, and finally determines whether or not they are caused by expected application behavior. The "sendkeys" method of Selenium translates test scripts written in various languages into a Selenium-friendly format.


Major benefits of Selenium:


  • Free

  • Supports mobile testing

  • Transparency

  • Large community

  • Platform independent

  • Quick time to delivery (TTM)

  • Integration with other tools

  • And so on…


Conclusion


Selenium isn't perfect, but it's good enough for testers to put in more effort and disregard the codeless trend. Selenium has a wide range of applications. It does not overshadow the other test automation tools, particularly if you have the budget for them. However, its monopolistic nature makes you think twice before choosing the other tool. Therefore, it is going to stay as long as possible.


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