Selenium WebDriver is one of the core component of the Selenium project used to automate web browsers and primarily used for testing web applications . Selenium Webdriver allows direct communication with browsers by communicating with their native APIs , which makes test execution faster and more efficient compared to older tools like Selenium RC. Selenium WebDriver supports multiple programming languages like Java , C# , Python , JavaScript , Ruby , PHP etc which allows developers and testers to write code in their preffered programming languages.
Key Features of Selenium WebDriver:
- Direct Browser Control : Selenium WebDriver communicates directly with the browsers by communicating with their native APIs, which makes test execution faster and more efficient compared to older tools like Selenium RC.
- Cross-Browser and Cross-Platform : Selenium supports all major browsers and runs on different operating systems like Windows , Linux,macOS etc. and ensures consistent testing across various environment .