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What is the difference between Selenium RC and Webdriver?
The differences between Selenium RC and Webdriver are listed below −
| Features | Selenium Webdriver | Selenium RC |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | Not acquired from Javascript. | Acquired from Javascript. |
| Server | No server is needed to begin test case execution. | Server is needed to begin test case execution. |
| Object Oriented | It is used widely for object oriented programming. | It is moderately used for object oriented programming. |
| Browser | It can test all the leading browsers including execution in headless mode. | It can test all the leading browsers. |
| Alerts | It is capable of handling alerts. | It is not capable of handling alerts. |
| Dropdown | It is capable of handling dropdown. | It is not capable of handling dropdown. |
| Dynamic Locators | Elements can be located with the dynamic locators. | Elements cannot be located with the dynamic locators. |
| Record and playback | It does not have the feature of record and playback. | It does not have the feature of record and playback. |
| Mouse Actions | It is capable of handling mouse actions. | It is not capable of handling mouse actions. |
| Performance | It is fast as it communicates straight with the browser. | It is not as fast as Selenium webdriver because it does not communicate straight with the browser. |
| iPhone/Android | It is capable of testing iPhone/Android taking the help of Android Driver and iPhone Driver. | It is not capable of testing iPhone/Android. |
| Xpath | It contains both absolute xpath and relative xpath. | It contains only the absolute xpath. |
| Listener | It is capable of using the listener. | It is not capable of using the listener. |
| Navigation | It is capable of handling navigation. | It is not capable of handling navigation. |
| Usage | It has a large number of APIs and can be used with multiple languages like Java, Python, C#, Ruby and so on. | It only has JARS available to run the test cases. |
Updated on: 2020-10-26T05:37:46+05:30
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