Monday, 24 August 2015

Pros and Cons of Selenium IDE

Advantages and disadvantages of Selenium IDE

PROS
Easy to install and use
Supports record and playback options
Can convert the recorded script into any programming language like Java, C#, Perl etc
Create own commands in javascript and import as user extensions
Recorded testcases can be played as testsuite

CONS
Supports only Mozilla Firefox browser
No flexibility in custom testcase execution
Control statements and loops are not supported
Externally test-data cannot be taken into the current execution script
Unable to generate detailed reports
Doesn't support connecting to a database
Doesn't support desktop windows or alerts


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