Selenium RC vs Selenium webdriver.

Rest Assured Selenium RC Selenium Web Driver

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.	The 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 dropdowns.	It is not capable of handling dropdowns.
Dynamic Locators	Elements can be located with dynamic locators.	Elements cannot be located with 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 the Selenium webdriver because it does not communicate straight with the browser.
iPhone/Andro id	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.

Debomita Bhattacharjee

Updated on: 22-Nov-2021

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