{"id":2316,"date":"2020-04-02T17:34:45","date_gmt":"2020-04-02T17:34:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.h2kinfosys.com\/blog\/?p=2316"},"modified":"2025-06-16T07:28:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T11:28:11","slug":"difference-selenium-rc-webdriver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.h2kinfosys.com\/blog\/difference-selenium-rc-webdriver\/","title":{"rendered":"Difference between Selenium RC and WebDriver?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

What is Selenium WebDriver?<\/b><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

WebDriver is developed to overcome the limitations in the Selenium-RC API. Selenium WebDriver is a cross-platform testing framework that allows you to execute your tests against different browsers like Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, InternetExplorer, Safari, Opera, GhostDriver, etc. It is a programming interface to create and run test cases.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It does not require a core engine like Selenium RC and interacts natively with the browser applications. Selenium WebDriver speaks directly to the browser using browser drivers for a particular browser.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Enrolling in a Selenium testing<\/a> course can help you gain essential skills to utilize WebDriver effectively, covering everything from browser setup to advanced test creation and cross-browser compatibility testing.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Selenium WebDriver supports the following languages<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Java<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Python<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. C#<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Ruby<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Perl<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. PHP<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Difference between Selenium RC and WebDriver<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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                            Selenium RC<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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                        Selenium WebDriver<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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    Selenium RC is a Weak API<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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    WebDriver is a Strong API<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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    Management of excessive test suites is a problem<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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    Management of excessive test suites is a cakewalk<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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    No support for third-party API and software<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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    Supports third party API and Software<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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    Need to start RC Server<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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    No need to start any server<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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    Uses command line prompt<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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    No usage of command-line prompt<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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    Bad report generation<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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    Can generate the technical and managerial report<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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    Cannot run Selenium WebDriver script<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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    Can run Selenium RC scripts<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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    Misfires RC server most of the times<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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    No server, no miss-firing<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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    Command specific usage<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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    No command used<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

    Let us discuss how Selenium RC and WebDriver differ each other<\/b><\/p>\n

    Architecture<\/h3>\n

    Selenium WebDriver\u2019s architecture is simple than Selenium RC\u2019s.<\/span><\/p>\n

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    • It controls the browser from Operating System-level<\/span><\/li>\n
    • All you need are your programming languages IDE and a browser<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n