Selenium IDE Reviews & Product Details

Selenium IDE is an open-source integrated development environment (IDE) designed for automating web application testing. As a browser extension available for Chrome, Firefox, and Edge, it enables users to record, edit, and debug test cases directly within the browser. This tool simplifies the creation of automated tests by capturing user interactions and converting them into executable scripts, making it accessible for both novice and experienced testers. Key Features and Functionality: - Record and Playback: Easily record user actions and replay them to validate web application functionality. - Cross-Browser Compatibility: Supports major browsers, including Chrome, Firefox, and Edge, facilitating consistent testing across different environments. - Easy Debugging: Offers features like setting breakpoints and pausing on exceptions to streamline the debugging process. - Parallel Test Execution: Utilizes the Command-line Runner to execute tests in parallel across various browser and operating system combinations, enhancing efficiency. - No Programming Required: Allows testers to create and execute tests without prior programming knowledge, lowering the barrier to entry for test automation. Primary Value and Problem Solved: Selenium IDE addresses the challenge of efficiently creating and managing automated tests for web applications. By providing a user-friendly interface with record and playback capabilities, it eliminates the need for extensive programming skills, enabling testers to quickly develop reliable end-to-end tests. Its cross-browser support and parallel execution features ensure comprehensive testing coverage, reducing the time and effort required to validate web applications across different platforms. This leads to faster development cycles, improved software quality, and a more streamlined testing process.

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Abhishek T.

Junior Developer

Computer Software

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

8/24/2017

"Best for automating UI tests"

3.5/5

What do you like best about Selenium IDE?

It's pretty easy to use and it's so widely used that if you're stuck somewhere, the chances of finding an answer on the internet is almost certain.

It's great for writing UI tests and small automated testcases Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Selenium IDE?

It's only available for Firefox. I would love to see it for Chrome and other browsers as well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Financial Services

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

6/7/2017

"Helpful for getting started with automated tests - developer / tester"

3.5/5

What do you like best about Selenium IDE?

Selenium IDE is great for getting started with automated browser testing. The record feature helps you begin to understand xpath and is at least a starting point. It is very simple and easy to use to get started - and it's free! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Selenium IDE?

The record feature is not very helpful if you are using a dynamic scripting language (such as dojo or something). QA Engineers / developers have to at least know xpath in order to be able to uniquely identify elements on the webpage, so this takes a bit more manual labor and can be tedious. Can only be used in FireFox. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Selenium IDE:

To start, the IDE is great. For more sophisticated testing and implementations, other tools will be needed (selenium RC, selenium server, etc.) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Selenium IDE solving and how is that benefiting you?

Was able to write and run a fairly extensive automated regression suite in parallel on multiple machines using selenium sever as well. The full implementation using jenkins and selenium server was a bit to set up, and over time if we greatly changed our UI it still felt a bit fragile, but it proved to be stable enough to run nightly regression tests. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Higher Education

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

10/3/2017

"Easy to use"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Selenium IDE?

Selenium IDE is powerful tool. It is simple to start with. Ample of YouTube videos available to get started with this ide. I like its simplicity the most. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Selenium IDE?

The UI is a little confusing, runs only on Firefox most of the time. It's easy to use but losses some adherence to standards, a tester needs to invest a lot of time to get hold of all commands . Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Curtis M.

Senior Test Automation Engineer

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

1/23/2017

"The best tool for testing your web application(s)."

5/5

What do you like best about Selenium IDE?

This tool allows you to test your web application easily with very little set up. When you first start walking through the configuration of this tool you will be blown away with how easy to use it is. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Selenium IDE?

The complex additions that you can add make it hard to maintain in certain bindings. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Selenium IDE:

Keep up the great work. This tool is solving all of the problems that we as Automation Engineers have. There is no better tool out there for us to use. Selenium is the Industry standard and leader for the service it provides. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Selenium IDE solving and how is that benefiting you?

Do you have a lot of manual testers verifying and certifying your application? This tool allows you to automated the mundane day-to-day activities and focus on the exploratory issues you rarely have time to test. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

tracie j.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

11/6/2017

"needs better documention"

3/5

What do you like best about Selenium IDE?

testing ability for automation of client side page changes Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Selenium IDE?

documentation is sparse and confusing. Perhaps a wiki or something? Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Arindam P.

Snr.Consultant -CRM

Information Technology and Services

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

11/9/2017

"awesome tool for automation"

4/5

What do you like best about Selenium IDE?

compatible with Cloud application. Awesome Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Selenium IDE?

need be more dynamic. Need some more trainig Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Marilyn A.

Associate Engineer

Food Production

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

9/26/2017

"It works for the most part"

2.5/5

What do you like best about Selenium IDE?

It automates what some manual testers could do. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Selenium IDE?

Sometimes you have to add waits in between tests because selenium is too slow to create a page and will cause "errors" that aren't errors. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.