How to Use Selenium With Java: A Complete Tutorial

Salman Khan

Posted On: January 3, 2024

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Selenium with Java is a widely adopted approach for automating web application testing. It combines the robustness of the Selenium framework with Java’s reliability and strong ecosystem, enabling efficient creation and execution of tests across different web environments.

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Why Use Selenium With Java for Automation?

Selenium is a powerful open-source automation framework used for testing modern web applications across browsers, operating systems, and platforms. While it supports multiple programming languages, Selenium with Java is the preferred choice in enterprise environments due to Java’s mature ecosystem, static typing, and strong community support.

Its compatibility with build tools like Maven and Gradle, and IDEs like IntelliJ and Eclipse, makes Java ideal for building structured, scalable test automation frameworks. The widespread adoption of Java ensures long-term support and a large pool of experienced developers.

Key integrations that strengthen Selenium with Java include:

  • TestNG and JUnit5 for flexible and modular test execution.
  • Selenium-Jupiter for advanced JUnit5 integration.
  • Support for Docker-based Selenium Grids to enable scalable, parallel test execution in CI/CD environments.

Together, Selenium and Java offer a stable foundation for creating reliable, maintainable UI test suites that scale with application complexity.

For teams looking to further streamline test creation and planning, KaneAI, a GenAI native test agent by LambdaTest offers intelligent test generation capabilities, seamlessly integrating with Selenium, enabling faster test creation, prioritization, and execution.

How Selenium Works with Java?

Selenium provides official language bindings for Java, allowing testers to write automation scripts using Java APIs. These bindings act as a bridge between test scripts and the underlying WebDriver protocol, enabling browser automation through Java code.

Role of Selenium WebDriver

In Java, Selenium WebDriver is used to create robust test scripts that simulate user actions such as clicking, typing, navigating pages, or validating web elements. Java developers use IDEs like IntelliJ or Eclipse to manage their automation projects and integrate tools like TestNG or JUnit5 for test execution and reporting.
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Selenium WebDriver’s architecture in Selenium 4 follows the W3C WebDriver protocol, improving browser compatibility and stability. The WebDriver communicates with browser drivers (e.g., ChromeDriver, GeckoDriver) to execute commands in real browsers.

Role of Selenium Grid

When scaling tests in enterprise or CI environments, Java projects often integrate with Selenium Grid. Grid enables the execution of Java-based tests across multiple browsers and platforms simultaneously. This distributed model is essential for achieving parallel execution and reducing test time in large-scale projects.

Selenium Java vs Other Languages

While Selenium supports Python, JavaScript, C#, and Ruby, Java stands out in performance and enterprise integration and Java-based Selenium tests generally execute faster than Python-based ones due to Java’s compiled nature and strong memory management.

Additionally, Java offers:

  • Mature tooling (Maven, Gradle)
  • Rich libraries for reporting (Allure, ExtentReports)
  • Static typing for better code reliability
  • Strong IDE support with autocomplete and debugging features

Despite its strengths, working with Selenium in Java comes with real-world challenges. Testers often encounter issues like wait strategies, handling dynamic locators, managing dropdowns, structuring Page Object Models, and selecting the right test framework. These are also commonly discussed in Selenium interview questions, highlighting their importance in both practice and preparation.

How to use Selenium with Java?

To start your automation testing journey using Selenium with Java, the first step is to install and configure Selenium onto your local system. In this section of this article on Selenium with Java, I will guide you through the installation process step by step. You will also learn how to create a basic Selenium with Java project setup.

Installation

The installation process consists of the following steps.

  1. Install JDK: You can download JDK from any of the below options:
  2. Install Eclipse IDE: You can download the latest version from the Eclipse Downloads Page Alternatively, you can also use any other popular IDE like Jetbrains Webstorm, IntelliJ IDEA, etc.
  3. Install Selenium WebDriver and Language Bindings: Download the Selenium Client Library for Java from the Selenium Downloads Page. The download comes as a ZIP file. Extract the contents (JAR files) and store them in a directory.
  4. Install Browser Drivers (Optional): You can download the drivers for the browsers of your choice from the Selenium Ecosystem Page.

Setup Environment Variable

Once the installation is complete, set the environment variables. The steps are as follows:

  1. Search for environment variables, then click on the search result that says Edit the system environment variables.
  2. Click on Environment Variables.
  3. Click New under System variables.
  4. In the Variable name field, enter either
    • JAVA_HOME, if you have installed the Java Development Kit (JDK).
    • JRE_HOME, if you have installed the Java Runtime Environment (JRE).
  5. In the Variable value field, provide your JDK or JRE installation path.

    6. installation

  6. Click OK and then Apply Changes.

The environment variable setup is now complete. Open the command prompt and run the command java -version to verify that Java has been successfully installed in your system. Once verified, you can proceed to the next step: setting up your project.

How to Create a Selenium With Java Project in Eclipse?

You need to set up a project to write and store your test cases. Follow the steps below to create a new Selenium with Java project in Eclipse.

  1. Open Eclipse IDE : Launch Eclipse and select your workspace directory.
  2. Create a New Java Project :
    • Go to File > New > Java Project
    • Enter a project name (e.g., SeleniumDemo)
    • Click Finish
  3. Create a Package and Class
    • Right-click on src > New > Package (e.g., com.test.selenium)
    • Right-click on the package > New > Class
    • Name the class (e.g., LoginTest) and check public static void main(String[] args)
    • Click Finish
  4. Add Selenium JAR Files:
    • Right-click on the project > Build Path > Configure Build Path.
    • Go to the Libraries tab > Click Add External JARs.
    • Select all Selenium JAR files from the downloaded Selenium folder (selenium-java-x.xx.x).
    • Include both the main JARs and those inside the libs folder.
    • Click Apply and Close

With your Selenium with Java project configured, you’re now ready to write and run your first test script.

To perform automated testing using Selenium with Java, you can also leverage Maven. Maven is one of the popular Java build tools that relies on POM.xml. If you are new to Maven, check out this Selenium Maven tutorial, which guides you through writing and running Selenium projects with Maven.

Demo: Running Test Using Selenium With Java on Local

It is time to hit practicals! In this section of this article on Selenium with Java, you will learn to write your first test case using Selenium with Java on the local grid like LambdaTest.

Test Scenario

  1. Launch the Chrome browser.
  2. Open LambdaTest Sign up page.
  3. Click on the Sign In link.
  4. Close the web browser.

Implementation

GitHub

To import the required dependencies, you can use the below pom.xml file.

Test Execution

To run the above test case using Selenium with Java on a local grid, you can use the below testng.xml file:

Code Walkthrough

Here is the code walkthrough of the executed test on a local grid using Selenium with Java.

  1. @BeforeTest: Responsible for executing setup steps before any test method.
  2. WebDriverManager.chromedriver().setup(): Responsible for setting up the ChromeDriver automatically.
  3. driver.get(“URL”): Responsible for opening the specified URL in the browser.
  4. @Test: Responsible for marking the method as a test case.
  5. try { … } catch (Exception e) { … }: Responsible for handling any runtime exceptions.
  6. driver.findElement(By.xpath(“…”)).click(): Responsible for clicking the element located by the XPath.
  7. System.out.println(“message”): Responsible for printing a message to the console.
  8. @AfterTest: Responsible for executing cleanup steps after all test methods.
  9. driver.close(): Responsible for closing the current browser window.
  10. driver.quit(): Responsible for closing all browser windows and ending the WebD

To achieve comprehensive browser coverage for Selenium Java testing, you may come across various challenge Maintaining consistency and reliability across parallel test runs is a major challenge in Selenium Java testing. When executing tests concurrently across different browser versions and environments, testers often encounter flaky tests due to inconsistent element loading, dynamic content timing issues, and environment-specific behaviors.

These issues make it difficult to trust automation results and often delay release cycles. To overcome such challenges, cloud-based platforms like LambdaTest offer a highly stable, real-device cloud infrastructure with smart test orchestration.

This ensures consistent test environments and significantly reduces test flakiness. Built-in features like video logs, network throttling, and debugging tools help you quickly identify root causes and maintain test reliability at scale.

Demo: Running Parallel Tests Using Selenium With Java on Cloud

LambdaTest is a GenAI-native test execution platform that lets you perform both manual and Selenium Java automation testing using various test automation frameworks simultaneously across 3000+ browser and OS combinations. The platform enables parallel testing in Selenium, enhancing scalability and reducing test execution time with a simple setup and minimal configuration.

The same sign in scenario will be exeuting on cloud platfrom on parallel broswers will be using firefox , chrome, safari browser , all you need to do it making few chnaging the exeiting testng.xml file as shown below:

paramters in your testng.xml file as below :

Test Scenario

  1. Launch Chrome browser.
  2. Open LambdaTest Sign up page.
  3. Click the Sign In link.
  4. Close the web browser.

Prerequisites

  1. Create an account on LambdaTest.
  2. Configure your LambdaTest credentials as environment variables. To get your Username and Access Key, go to your Profile avatar from the LambdaTest dashboard and select Account Settings, then go to Password & Security.

    3. Create an account

  3. Pass the browser capabilities. You can generate your custom desired capabilities for Selenium with Java using LambdaTest Capabilities Generator.

    4. capabilities

Implementation

Code Walkthrough

Shown below is the code walkthrough of the executed test on a cloud grid using Selenium with Java.

The RemoteWebDriver class is used to execute test scripts through the RemoteWebDriver server on a remote machine.

RemoteWebDriver

To run the tests on the LambdaTest cloud Selenium Grid, you need to populate the corresponding username and access key values.

key values

To set the necessary capabilities of browser name, version, platform, etc., you can use the LambdaTest Desired Capabilities Generator.

The remaining implementation will remain unchanged, as the only implementation that has changed is migrating from a local Selenium Grid to a cloud Selenium Grid.

capabilities

Test Execution

Log on to LambdaTest Web Automation Dashboard to check the status of the test execution on LambdaTest.

If you are working on an actual project using Selenium with Java, you will need to write, run, and maintain hundreds of test cases. Each testing cycle will demand you to execute your test cases on multiple platforms and devices to ensure that the web application behaves as expected under various conditions and to ensure product quality before going live. It becomes highly desirable to reduce the overall test execution time, and one way to achieve it is through parallel testing.

In the next section of this tutorial on Selenium with Java, we will look at how to run parallel tests using a cloud grid like LambdaTest.

Demo: Running Parallel Tests in Selenium With Java

Parallel testing is a test execution strategy where the tests are run in parallel to reduce overall test execution time. Parallel testing was introduced to replace the traditional approach of sequential testing. As the name suggests, tests are executed sequentially, which is more time-consuming.

name suggests

In the previous section, you learned how to write and run a test case sequentially using Selenium with Java. Now, I will walk you through how to run tests in parallel on a cloud-based Selenium Grid using the TestNG framework.

TestNG is a prominent open-source test automation framework for Java, where NG stands for ‘Next Generation.’ TestNG is widely adopted by Selenium users because of its features and feasibility. Running Selenium with Java tests alone comes with numerous limitations. However, TestNG introduces an entire set of new features, making it powerful and beneficial.

A few critical features of TestNG are listed below:

  • Easy report generation in desirable formats. Now, it is easier to analyze how many test cases passed and how many failed during each test run.
  • Supports parallel testing. Multiple test cases can be run simultaneously, reducing the overall test execution time.
  • Possible to group test cases in TestNG effortlessly.
  • TestNG annotations like @Test, @BeforeTest, @AfterTest, etc., are supported.
  • Easy to integrate with tools like Maven, Jenkins, etc.

Parallel Test Execution in Selenium With Java on Cloud

One of the key advantages of adopting the TestNG automation framework is that it supports parallel test execution. Automation testing tools like TestNG allow you to run tests in parallel or multithreaded mode by utilizing the multi-threading concept of Java.

Multi-threading is the process of executing multiple threads simultaneously without any dependence on each other. This means the threads are executed in isolation, so exceptions occurring on one thread won’t affect the others. Multi-threading helps efficiently utilize the CPU by greatly reducing idle time. In TestNG, we enable parallel testing by making the required changes in the configuration file – TestNG XML file.

TestNG XML is the test suite configuration file in TestNG, which helps customize the execution of tests. It also allows you to run a single test file over numerous parameter combinations and specified values. A simple TestNG XML file looks like this.

To perform parallel testing using Selenium with Java, we will leverage the online Selenium Grid and run it parallelly across three different browsers.

For this demo on executing parallel tests using Selenium with Java, we will clone the LambdaTest Java TestNG GitHub repository and execute our test case parallelly on different browsers (Chrome, Safari, and Firefox) using the online Selenium Grid provided by LambdaTest.

Test Scenario

  1. Go to the LambdaTest ToDo app.
  2. Mark the first two items as done.
  3. Add a new item to the list.
  4. Display the count of pending items.

Implementation

Here is the TestNG script we will use to run parallel tests using Selenium with Java.

GitHub

Code Walkthrough

Here is the code walkthrough of the parallel tests executed using Selenium with Java.

These are the necessary imports for Selenium WebDriver, TestNG, and other related classes.

imports

The code line below declares a class named TestNGTodo.

TestNGTodo

These are member variables used in the class, including credentials, Selenium WebDriver instance, grid URL, and a status flag.

credentials, Selenium WebDriver

This method is annotated with @BeforeClass, meaning it will run before any test method in the class. It sets up a ChromeOptions instance and configures it with the desired capabilities.

Then, it creates a RemoteWebDriver instance by connecting to the LambdaTest grid using the provided username, access key, and grid URL.

LambdaTest grid

This method is annotated with @Test, indicating it is a test case.

  1. It navigates to a LambdaTest ToDo app.
  2. Mark the first two items as done.
  3. Add a new item to the list.
  4. Display the count of pending items.

@Test

This method is annotated with @AfterClass, indicating it will run after all test methods in the class. If the WebDriver instance is not null, it sets the lambda-status using JavaScript and quits the driver.

AfterClass

Here is a TestNG XML file that will be used to run the tests in parallel.

To trigger parallel execution, we need to set the parallel attribute. This attribute accepts four values:

  • classes– to run all test cases present inside classes in the XML in parallel mode.
  • methods – to run all methods with @Test annotation in parallel mode.
  • tests – to run all test cases present inside the tag in the XML in parallel mode.
  • instances – to run all test cases in the same instance in parallel mode.

We can also set the number of threads we wish to allocate during the execution using the thread-count attribute. The default value of thread count in TestNG is 5.

To run the tests for the cloned repository, run the following command.

Now, go to your LambdaTest Web Automation Dashboard to see your parallel test results.

Advanced Use Cases of Using Selenium With Java

In this section of the Selenium with Java tutorial, you will learn how to run advanced use cases using Selenium and Java. Let’s look at some of the popular advanced use cases of using Selenium with Java.

Automating Registration Page Using Selenium With Java

When performing automation testing using Selenium with Java, focusing on automating either the registration or login Page is crucial. The registration page is the gateway to your web application, making it a vital component to test. Let us take a scenario to understand the automation registration page using Selenium with Java.

Test Scenario:

We will use the LambdaTest website as an example of registration page automation.

  1. Open a web browser and navigate to https://www.lambdatest.com.
  2. Validate the sign up page accessibility by checking its title.
  3. Now click on the Terms of Service link and verify redirection to https://www.lambdatest.com/legal/terms-of-service.
  4. Again, go back to the sign up page, fill in the form with valid data, click Sign up, and verify redirection to the email verification page.
  5. Now, navigate to the Sign up page and pass invalid input data. To do so, use the following test cases below.
    • Test Case 1: Submit with empty fields and verify error messages.
    • Test Case 2: Submit with duplicate email, verify duplicate email error.
    • Test Case 3: Submit with invalid password, verify invalid password error.
  6. Close the browser session

Below is the code implementation to automate the registration page.

GitHub

Check out the video below to learn automating the registration page with Selenium WebDriver.

Handling Login Popups Using Selenium With Java

When testing websites, you may have encountered authentication pop-ups that prompt you to enter usernames or passwords. These pop-ups act as a security mechanism, ensuring that only authorized users gain access to specific features on the website.

Test Scenario:
To access an authentication-protected webpage, follow the below steps.

  1. Launch a web browser and go to a webpage the-internet.herokuapp.com/basic_auth.
  2. To get access, use the provided credentials (username: “admin,” password: “admin”) in the URL.
  3. Once you get access, verify the success message. To do so, follow the test cases below.
  4. Close the web browser once you complete the authentication test.

Below is the code implementation for the above test scenario.

GitHub

To learn more about handling login popups with Selenium WebDriver, watch the complete video tutorial below.

Handling Captcha Using Selenium With Java

CAPTCHA lets you differentiate between real users and automated entities like bots. The primary purpose of CAPTCHA is to prevent the unauthorized use of automated programs or bots from accessing various computing services or collecting specific sensitive information.

Test Scenario:

  1. Launch a browser and navigate to the contact form page at https://demos.bellatrix.solutions/contact-form/.
  2. Provide random but valid information in the contact form, like first name, last name, email, etc.
  3. Interact with the checkbox to activate the reCAPTCHA.
  4. Switch to the reCAPTCHA iframe to interact further.
  5. Click on the audio challenge option within the reCAPTCHA.
  6. Use the Microsoft Azure Speech SDK to capture and identify the audio challenge.
  7. Type the recognized words into the place where you’re asked to respond to the audio challenge.
  8. Double-check everything and click the button to confirm within reCAPTCHA.
  9. Go back to the main page.
  10. Send the contact form with all the information you filled in.
  11. Close the web browser when you’re done with the test that involves handling the security check.

Below is the code implementation for the above test scenario.

GitHub

To learn more about how to handle Captcha with Selenium WebDriver, refer to the video below.

Uploading and Downloading Files Using Selenium With Java

When using Selenium, you might come across scenarios where you have to either download or upload files. Various websites, such as YouTube, online stores, and writing tools, include features that require dealing with files.

For instance, YouTube lets you upload videos, and on Amazon, you may need to download order invoices. As a Selenium tester, you may encounter situations where you need to check and validate these functionalities related to handling files.

In the scenario below, let us see how to upload and download a file using Selenium with Java.

Test Scenario for File Upload:

  1. Go to https://blueimp.github.io/jQuery-File-Upload/.
  2. Click on the +Add files button.
  3. Then click Start Upload.
  4. Assert it back.

GitHub

Test Scenario for File Download:

  1. Launch the Chrome browser.
  2. Then, go to the ChromeDriver download page.
  3. Click on the “chromedriver_win32.zip” link to start the download.
  4. Wait for 10 seconds to allow the download to complete.

Below is the code implementation for the test scenario to download files.

GitHub

To learn more about uploading and downloading files with Selenium, check out the video tutorial below.

Handling Cookies Using Selenium With Java

When we shop or pay bills online, websites often use cookies—these small pieces of data sent to your computer by the website. When you visit a site, it sends these cookies to your computer. When you come back from the website, these cookies help the website remember what you did before, kind of like a virtual way for the website to recognize you without getting into your personal stuff.

Let us understand how to handle cookies by a scenario.

Test Scenario:

  1. Start the WebDriver session for Chrome or Firefox.
  2. Go to https://www.lambdatest.com.
  3. Maximize the browser window, then set a page load timeout of 10 seconds.
  4. Now print all the cookies present on the web page.
  5. Add a cookie with the name myCookie with the value 12345678999.
  6. Print all cookies and verify the myCookie is added successfully.
  7. Add a cookie named myCookie1 with the value abcdefj.
  8. Delete the myCookie1 cookie.
  9. Print the remaining cookies to confirm the deletion.
  10. Delete all cookies.
  11. Print the size of the cookies list to confirm all cookies are deleted.
  12. Close the WebDriver session after executing the tests.

When performing test automation using Selenium with Java, you can automate cookies using the Cookies interface provided by the WebDriver.Options class. Below is the code implementation on how to handle cookies.

GitHub

Learn handling cookies with Selenium WebDriver by checking out the below video tutorial.

Best Practices for Selenium Java Testing

Through Selenium Java automation testing, we aim to reduce the labor of manual testing, speed up the execution, detect maximum bugs early, achieve better coverage, and accelerate time to market.

However, writing a stable and reliant test case can be challenging due to factors like test flakiness, incorrect testing approach, etc. This is where HyperExecute, an end-to-end test orchestration cloud by LambdaTest, comes into the picture, eliminating these factors and cutting down on test execution times. This allows businesses to test code and fix issues much quicker and achieve an accelerated market time.

In this section of this article on Selenium with Java, let us discuss some of the best practices recommended by the Selenium community.

  • Planning and Designing Test Cases Beforehand

    • Before getting started with writing any automation tests, it is recommended that the QA teams invest time in creating a proper test plan.

    However, to ensure foolproof testing of the application, QAs should come up with all possible logical scenarios and create maximum test cases based on the end-user perspective.

  • Implementing Page Object Model

    • When a UI change occurs, the Selenium locators may also change, and we are required to update the modified locators in all the test scripts consuming it. But, as the application complexity increases and UI changes become more frequent, creating and maintaining test cases becomes tiresome. The Page Object Model (POM) is a popular design pattern in Selenium Java automation testing, which helps enhance test maintenance and reduce code duplication.

    In the Page Object Model, all the web elements, actions, and validations happening on each web page are wrapped into a class file called Page Object. The POM allows a clean separation between test and page-specific codes such as locators and layouts.

    Due to the centralized nature of the page-specific code, they can be reused throughout the test cases, reducing code duplication. Also, in case of any UI changes, the fix needs to be done only on the related Page Objects, not on dependent test cases, making code maintenance easier.

  • Choosing the Best-Suited Locators

    • While writing automation test scripts, a lot of time is spent locating the web elements. Selenium offers us multiple strategies to locate a web element, such as ID, Name, Link Text, XPath, CSS Selector, DOM Locator, etc.

    However, some web locators are more brittle than others. As the UI implementation is prone to frequent changes, we must be cautious in choosing the right web locators, which will minimize the impact of UI code changes in the automation tests. If available, opt for unique locators like ID and Name, which are easy to find and more reliable as they are less prone to change.

  • Implement Logging and Reporting

    • As the test suite becomes extensive, locating the failed test case and debugging becomes challenging. In these cases, reporting and logging practices can act as huge saviors.

    The test report is a document that contains all the information about a particular test run, including the number of test cases passed, the number of test cases failed, the total time taken, errors with a snapshot, etc. Even though default Selenium does not come with reporting, you can implement it by leveraging test automation frameworks like TestNG.

  • Incorporating Wait Commands

    • The web browsers take some time to load the web page contents. The time taken for page load depends on many external factors like network speed, server issues, machine capabilities, etc. To tackle this, testers need to add some delay into the code so that the web element will be loaded and available before any action is performed.

    In Java, testers often achieve this delay using Thread.sleep(). However, this is not the recommended practice. As the name implies, when the Thread.sleep() method is called, the thread goes to sleep for the specified amount of time and does absolutely nothing to pause the automation script. After the time is over, it executes the next line of code.

    In real-time, we won’t be able to predict the exact time it would take for the page load as it depends on many external factors. Sometimes, the page may load quickly, lowering the test execution speed due to the remaining unnecessary delay caused by sleep().

    And sometimes, it may take longer than the specified time, causing the test to fail as the element was not fully loaded. As a better and more efficient alternative, use the implicit wait and explicit wait commands provided by Selenium instead of the sleep method.

    Watch this video to learn what are waits in Selenium and how to handle them using different methods like hard-coded pauses and combining explicit waits with different design patterns.

    Cloud-based testing platforms like LambdaTest also offer a SmartWait feature that lets you handle challenges associated with waits.

    LambdaTest SmartWait runs a series of “actionability checks” on webpage elements before executing any actions. These checks include verifying elements for visibility, presence, and interactability, ensuring they are ready for the intended action, such as clicking or typing.

    To get tutorials on automation testing, Selenium testing, and more, subscribe to the LambdaTest YouTube Channel.

  • Auto-Healing: Auto-healing, when used for Selenium Java testing, mitigates synchronization issues by automatically adapting to dynamic changes in web elements, such as loading times or AJAX requests. Auto-healing in Selenium dynamically adjusts wait times and ensures that test scripts execute seamlessly even when there are delays or changes in the web page.

    By intelligently handling timing-related challenges, auto-healing promotes stability in test automation, reducing the likelihood of flaky tests caused by synchronization issues. Selenium’s auto-healing capabilities enable scripts to adapt to varying conditions, maintaining synchronization between the test script and the application under test.

Conclusion

Selenium with Java is the most widely adopted test automation combination among QAs. In this tutorial, we explored how to start with Selenium Java automation testing and wrote our first test case.

On top of that, we also learned how to optimize test execution by leveraging parallel testing and other best practices to establish a reliable testing cycle. I hope this tutorial turns out to be beneficial. There’s much more to explore!

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Why is Selenium with Java best?

Since Java is the most commonly used language for writing Selenium, it makes it easy to perform unit testing in a basic environment. Moreover, Java has an extensive presence in commercial applications and, thus, lends itself to various testing scenarios. Selenium can be used to check the functional behavior and the handling of failures and errors.

Which is better for Selenium, Java, or Python?

Selenium with Python is a better choice than Java. For starters, it’s simpler. Python selenium does not require the JVM and can be executed as a script or embedded in other applications. With Python, you can also control browsers that use the Gecko engine (Firefox), Internet Explorer, and WebKit (Chrome).

Is Java knowledge required for Selenium?

You should have a good understanding of Java syntax and some basic knowledge of Selenium Framework and WebDriver API concepts.

Can you use Selenium with Java?

Yes, Selenium can be used with Java for web automation. Selenium provides a Java binding that allows developers to write test scripts in Java. This combination is widely adopted for its versatility and ease of use in creating robust and scalable automated tests. Java’s object-oriented features complement Selenium’s functionalities, making it a popular choice for web testing across various browsers. Many frameworks, such as TestNG and JUnit, integrate seamlessly with Selenium in Java, providing additional testing capabilities.

What is meant by Selenium with Java?

Selenium with Java refers to integrating the Selenium framework with the Java programming language. It allows developers to write automated test scripts in Java to interact with web applications. This combination leverages the features of both technologies, providing a powerful and versatile toolset for web testing. Selenium’s WebDriver library in Java enables the automation of browser interactions, while Java’s object-oriented capabilities contribute to creating maintainable and scalable test scripts.

Salman Khan

Salman works as a Product Marketing Manager at LambdaTest. With over five years in the software testing domain, he brings a wealth of experience to his role of reviewing blogs, learning hubs, product updates, and documentation write-ups. Holding a Master’s degree (M.Tech) in Computer Science, Salman’s expertise extends to various areas including web development, software testing (including automation testing and mobile app testing), CSS, and more.

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Salman works as a Product Marketing Manager at LambdaTest. With over five years in the software testing domain, he brings a wealth of experience to his role of reviewing blogs, learning hubs, product updates, and documentation write-ups. Holding a Master's degree (M.Tech) in Computer Science, Salman's expertise extends to various areas including web development, software testing (including automation testing and mobile app testing), CSS, and more.

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