Preface

This book is about Selenium WebDriver, that is, a browser automation tool used by software developers and QA engineers to test their web application on different web browsers. This book can be used as a reference for your day-to-day usage of WebDriver.

Selenium is a set of tools for automating browsers. It is largely used for testing applications, but its usages are not limited only to testing. It can also be used for screen scraping and automating repetitive tasks in a browser window. Selenium supports automation on all the major browsers, including Firefox, Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Safari, and Opera. Selenium WebDriver is now a part of W3C standards, and it is supported by major browser vendors.