There is a set of tools for the qualitative execution of automated testing of different web products. Selenium is one of such product series. Now it will be discussed one of its components, namely Selenium. (by QATestLab)

1. Briefly About
Selenium IDE
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2. There is a set of tools for the qualitative
execution of automated testing of
different web products. Selenium is one
of such product series. Now it will be
discussed one of its components,
namely Selenium.
Office in Ukraine
Phone: +380 (472) 5-61-6-51
E-mail: contact (at) qa-testlab.com
Address: 154a, Borschagivska str., Kiev,
Ukraine
http://qatestlab.com/

3. Selenium IDE (Integrated Development
Environment) – the simplest framework
of this set. Besides, it is the easiest to
use. Relatively often, software testing
company uses such tool.
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4. In short, it is a plugin for the Firefox web
browser. It is installed as any other plugin.
But Selenium IDE can be used only as a
prototyping tool. For the more complex
test cases creation, it is necessary to use
other Selenium products.
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5. What Are the Pluses of Selenium IDE?
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• Its installation and usage are easily fulfilled.
• It does not require the specified programming skills (except
HTML and DOM).
• With its help, one may export the tests into the formats
which are supported by Selenium RC and WebDriver.

6. What Are the Pluses of Selenium IDE?
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• It contains built-in help function.
• Reports module of the test results is also built-in.

7. What Are the Disadvantages
of Selenium IDE?
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• This plugin is available only in Firefox.
• Only test prototypes may be created.
• It does not support the iteration operations.
• The speed of the test fulfillment is rather slow.

8. Office in Ukraine
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Address: 154a, Borschagivska str., Kiev,
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