Tuesday 19 April 2016

Why Is Selenium Automated Testing The Best?

Any website application or the website itself, just like any software, needs to be tested for its quality and performance right after its development and right before its release. This testing enables us to analyze whether or not the developed web application or the website itself is performing properly on various devices with individual screen sizes. This process can be really time-taking if technologically rich tools are not available.

With the software, arena evolving into unbelievable phase time and again, every newly developed application after its preliminary development is put to testing and since testing has become one of the most critical parts of the development lifecycle, companies are keener on automated testing tools due to their instant result generation capacity. And, another fact is that the automated testing methods are quite expensive.

So, as a lifesaver for those who are looking for open source automated testing tools, a variety of them have matured a lot to deliver exquisite results. One such open source tool is the Selenium Automated Testing Tool.

 A Sneak Peek into the Advantage of Choosing Open Source

Selenium automated testing is one of the excellent open source software testing tools that is so flexible that it enables users to modify, extend and also share the available code, which is not really possible elsewhere. With its exclusive features, it actually helps programmers to completely bank on it for productivity and moreover, it’s a real timesaver. With this, programmers can manage and read codes like never before.

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Automated testing tools like the selenium automated testing tool, are great to use as they are time-savers and moreover they are extremely quick in the testing job. However, one challenge with such tools is that even if the programmer makes a minor change in the code, it has to be tested, which is a repetitive process.


  • One of them is that it has the capability to run on multiple platforms or browsers at the same time and therefore it is thoroughly portable. So, writing codes for various platforms are quite easy without having to worry about the tool’s functioning.
  • Other excellent features of the selenium testing tool are inclusive of the remote control mechanism, where the testers can test software from any location including cloud.
  • It’s very easy to use and it's capable in the User interface which provides 90% of the requirement of DOM testing, web application, flexibility etc.
  • This tool also is compatible with multiple languages. Be it, Java, dot Net, Python, Perl or the Groovy, integration with the development scenario is just so easy.
  •  It provides many tools for various types of testing and test cases. 
  •  It can be integrated without difficulty with the different type of set of tools that include Selenium grid, OMetry, Hudson, Saucelabs, etc.
  • It’s supporting AJAX and it can also be useful in Comprehensive Testing.

Due to many Advantages, selenium Automated testing is the widely using UI, Unit and regression testing. Most of tester and companies prefer automation testing services to save money, time and energy and get all advantages.

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Jessica Cyrus

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I have started my career as QA- Engineer at Nexsoftys. From last 15 years At Nexsoftsys we are providing QA services like outsource QA services, QA staffing, Manual Software Testing. Here You can read QA Service Related latest News and Updates.

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