- Puppeteer Tutorial
- Puppeteer - Home
- Puppeteer - Introduction
- Puppeteer - Element Handling
- Puppeteer - Usage of Google
- Puppeteer - NodeJS Installation
- Puppeteer VS Code Configuration
- Puppeteer - Installation
- Puppeteer - Basic Test
- Puppeteer - Non Headless Execution
- Comparison Between Puppeteer & Selenium
- Comparison Between Puppeteer & Protractor
- Comparison Between Puppeteer & Cypress
- Puppeteer - Browser Operations
- Puppeteer - Handling Tabs
- Puppeteer - Basic Commands
- Puppeteer - Firefox
- Puppeteer - Chrome
- Puppeteer - Handling Confirm Alerts
- Puppeteer - Handling Drop-downs
- Puppeteer - Locators
- Puppeteer - Xpath Functions
- Puppeteer - Xpath Attributes
- Puppeteer - Xpath Grouping
- Puppeteer - Absolute Xpath
- Puppeteer - Relative Xpath
- Puppeteer - Xpath Axes
- Puppeteer - Type Selector
- Name Selector & Class Name Selector
- Puppeteer - Id Selector
- Puppeteer - Attribute Selector
- Puppeteer - Handling Links/Button
- Handling Edit Boxes & Checkboxes
- Puppeteer - Handling Frames
- Puppeteer - Keyboard Simulation
- Puppeteer - Getting Element Text
- Puppeteer - Getting Element Attribute
- Puppeteer - Device Emulation
- Puppeteer - Disable JavaScript
- Puppeteer - Synchronization
- Puppeteer - Capture Screenshot
- Puppeteer Useful Resources
- Puppeteer - Quick Guide
- Puppeteer - Useful Resources
- Puppeteer - Discussion
Comparison Between Puppeteer & Selenium
The major differences between Puppeteer and Selenium are given below −
| Sr.No | Puppeteer | Selenium |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Puppeteer is developed mainly for Chromium so the tests developed are mainly executed in Chrome. | Selenium can be used to execute tests on multiple browsers like Chrome, Firefox, IE, Safari, and so on. |
| 2 | Puppeteer code can be implemented only in JavaScript. | Selenium code can be implemented on multiple languages like Java, Python, JavaScript, C#, and so on. |
| 3 | Puppeteer provides APIs to manage headless execution in Chrome by using the DevTools protocol. | Selenium requires additional external browser drivers that trigger tests as per the user commands. |
| 4 | Puppeteer manages the Chrome browser. | Selenium is primarily used to execute tests to automate the actions performed on the browser. |
| 5 | Puppeteer is faster in executing tests than Selenium. | Selenium is slower in executing tests than Puppeteer. |
| 6 | Puppeteer is a module in node developed for Chromium engine. | Selenium is a dedicated test automation tool. |
| 7 | Puppeteer can be used for API testing by utilising the requests and the responses. | API testing with Selenium is difficult. |
| 8 | Puppeteer can be used to verify the count of CSS and JavaScript files utilised for loading a webpage. | Selenium cannot be used to verify the count of CSS and JavaScript files utilised for loading a webpage. |
| 9 | Puppeteer can be used to work on the majority of features in the DevTools in the Chrome browser. | Selenium cannot be used to work on the majority of features in the DevTools in the Chrome browser. |
| 10 | Puppeteer can be used to execute tests on various devices with the help of the emulators. | Using an emulator with Selenium is not easy. |
| 11 | Puppeteer can be used to obtain the time needed for a page to load. | Selenium cannot be used to obtain the time needed for a page to load. |
| 12 | Puppeteer can be used to save a screenshot in both image and PDF formats. | Selenium can be used to save a screenshot in both image and PDF formats only in the Selenium 4 version. |
| 13 | Puppeteer was first introduced in the year 2017. | Selenium was first introduced in the year 2004. |
| 14 | In Puppeteer, we can verify an application without image loading. | In Selenium, we can verify an application without image loading. |
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