Author: <span>Tejas Modi</span>

Selenium Testing beyond GUI Browsers.

“Selenium automates browsers”. So goes the introductory line on Seleniumhq.org. To what extent is this a limitation? The topic of the blog provokes questions – Can we structure a Selenium-based test framework to test beyond GUI browsers? If not, at the very least, how can we improve test-effectiveness by extending an existing Selenium test-suite to work with other test-actions that do not use browsers? The first question above needs in-depth technical discussion. We focus on the second one here which can be addressed at a more conceptual level. We have an example below which illustrates how one can improve the …

Selenium versus HP LeanFT

Selenium has carved a niche in the software testing tools world and has a dedicated user base with consistently increasing adoption in the last few years. While this tool was always popular with Open Source enthusiasts since the RC days, we now have increased acceptance in enterprises as well. In the last couple of years, quite a few Fortune 500 companies and banks have diversified their skill-base and tool portfolio with Selenium, in addition to traditional HP toolset. Let’s look at a recent product offering in the market-place, which could be very relevant to the continued growth of Selenium user …