What Is Selenium? Should You Be Using It?

Selenium is 1 of the most popular tools used in the tech space. But what is it and should you be using it?

This article will cover:

• What is Selenium?
• Pros and Cons to Selenium?
• Should you be using Selenium?

What is Selenium?

Selenium is an open-source automation tool used to validate web applications. Because it is open-source, it is free to use. Anyone can download and set up Selenium for free today from the Selenium website and start using it. Any test that we do using the Selenium tool is often called Selenium Testing. Selenium can also be integrated with many other tools to give you reports of the results of your tests. This automation tool, like others, is mainly used to provide sanity as well as regression testing for applications.

What Operating Systems Can You Use Selenium On?

Mac OS, Windows, Linux

What Browsers Can You Use Selenium On?

Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, Chrome, Edge, Opera